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RE: Motoman up6 6 axis robot arm industrial

shabaz — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:06:38 GMT

I think there's zero chance of any project out there that would be able to drive those servos. You're looking at high current and voltages (maybe 100V or mains; no idea, depends on your particular hardware). I think it will be way cheaper to buy ready-made (could be used servo drives from ebay for instance) rather than to DIY in this case, even if it's costing a few hundred $ per drive used.

But all the above is speculation, I've never tried to create one from scratch. I know my limits though.

RE: Received the price package today for Experimenting with Industrial Automation

DAB — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:06:54 GMT

Do you have an application to run on it?

RE: New Tools (and toys)

dougw — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:47:30 GMT

Nice haul for an exceptional project. It is always a great day when you add something significant to the bench.

For my hot air station I always just use the smallest nozzle. The controls allow adjustment of temperature and flow rate but the small nozzle makes it a bit easier to control where all the heat is going.

RE: New Tools (and toys)

DAB — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:29:40 GMT

Well earned, I hope you have lots of fun with the new toys.

RE: New Tools (and toys)

genebren — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:29:55 GMT

Hi Mike,

Congratulations on your winning entry and your cool new tools! There is always a learning curve when starting out with new tools. I am sure that you will figure it all out with time.

Enjoy!

RE: New Tools (and toys)

shabaz — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:29:53 GMT

Hi Mike,

Congrats on the win! It's great to see the equipment. I'm interested to hear how it goes with the hot-air tool, for ages, that model was on my shortlist to buy, although it wasn't in stock at the time and I ended up with a different one.

The waveform generator capabilities look impressive too; even suitable for 2m band tests!
Since the SA will be so sensitive, you could add an external attenuator to the input of the SA, just for a bit of added protection. Something like a 10 dB attenuator is not bad to keep permanently attached to the SA input. Often I leave that connected even if working with small signals, just in case there's accidentally a larger signal at a frequency that I'm not looking at.

RE: Experimenting with Industrial Automation - Winners' Announcement

rsjawale24 — Mon, 27 May 2024 07:59:13 GMT

Congratulations!

RE: Experimenting with Industrial Automation - Winners' Announcement

JWx — Mon, 27 May 2024 05:56:53 GMT

congratulations to the winners and participants!

RE: Experimenting with Industrial Automation - Winners' Announcement

genebren — Sun, 26 May 2024 20:23:37 GMT

Congratulations to the winners and contestants. There were some very interesting and well produced blogs throughout this contest. It was a pleasure to follow along. Well done!

RE: Experimenting with Industrial Automation - Winners' Announcement

dougw — Sun, 26 May 2024 18:27:04 GMT

Congratulations to the winners. Great project [mention:e150bbdfa73b4f869b1c3bd03afb5272:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] .

RE: Overhead tank monitoring for smart home/industry : FINAL SUMMARY BLOG

dixonselvan — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:19:52 GMT

Nice project.

RE: Setting Up IO on M251 PLC Through ZBRN2 Harmony Hub - 3

reid666 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:34:09 GMT

thanks for updating

RE: Overhead tank monitoring for smart home/industry : FINAL SUMMARY BLOG

DAB — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 18:18:24 GMT

Nice finish.

I like the moduler approach to automation.

It allows you to start small and then add complexity.

RE: Overhead tank monitoring for smart home/industry : BLOG 4

DAB — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:57:02 GMT

Looks easy to use.

RE: Exploring Smart Factory Automation with ZBRT2 | Beginners Guide | Blog 2

DAB — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:47:07 GMT

Nice set of components, what is your end project?