[dorkbotpdx-blabber] where to get and learn about solenoids

[Greg Borenstein]

Don,

Maybe sometime I'll come to a meeting and you can explain some of that  
to me! Looking forward to the video...

-- Greg

On Dec 2, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Donald Delmar Davis wrote:

> Greg,
>
> I am testing a set of 12 volt solenoids that I bought at surplus  
> gizmos after our previous email exchange.
>
>  I plan to use the spare board from the unipolar stepper drivers for  
> the bike meter project since each coil of a unipolar stepper motor  
> looks like a solenoid to transistor man.
>
> <pastedGraphic.tiff>
> I will post some video in the next day or two.
>
> In general a darlington like a tip 120 will do the job. And if you  
> can find solenoid valves pnumatics are really the way to go.
>
> I am sure that the EEs in the crowd will have some things to add here.
>
> Don aka feurig.
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Greg Borenstein wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I want to acquire some solenoids and learn about how to use them in  
>> projects. Specifically, I want to turn my drum playing robot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JevNR-CZz5I 
>> ) over to solenoids. I'm also interested in their uses in  
>> animatronics.
>>
>> I was wondering if anybody had any advice on which models of  
>> solenoid would be good to start with, where to get them, and things  
>> I could read to learn about how to use them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
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