Science - Motors, Servos, Sensors & Cameras

Overview

This document covers all the electronic equipment that will be on the science mechanism

  • 5 brushed DC motors

  • 3 Servos

  • 6 Proximity limit switches

  • 3 Other dirt related sensors

  • 3 USB cameras

BRUSHED DC MOTORS

No#

Motor Description

Motor

Source

No#

Motor Description

Motor

Source

1

Elevator 1 motor

  • 37D Gear-motor

  • requires quadrature encoding

  • 24V required

Find old

2

Elevator 2 motor

  • 37D Gear-motor

  • requires quadrature encoding

  • 24V required

Find old

3

Dig motor

  • 37D Gearmotor

  • 24V required

Find old

4

Test tube Pallet motor

  • 37D Gearmotor

  • requires quadrature encoding

  • 24V required

Fold old

5

Fan motor

BFB1624H

bought - in bay

SERVOS

No#

Servo Description

Servo

Source

No#

Servo Description

Servo

Source

1

Read Head Servo

HS-422

Servo City - not yet purchased

2

Test tube Cover Servo

HS-422

Servo City - not yet purchased

3

Dirt Delivery Servo

HS-422

Servo City - not yet purchased

SENSORS

No#

Sensor Description

Sensor

Source

No#

Sensor Description

Sensor

Source

1

Elevator 1 upper limit

5V Metal Proximity Switch - FIT0658

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

2

Elevator 1 lower limit

5V Metal Proximity Switch - FIT0658

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

3

Elevator 2 upper limit

5V Metal Proximity Switch - FIT0658

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

4

Elevator 2 lower limit

5V Metal Proximity Switch - FIT0658

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

5

Test tube rack home

5V Metal Proximity Switch - FIT0658

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

6

Test tube rack indexer

5V Metal Proximity Switch - FIT0658

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

7

Temperature and humidity sensor

DHT22 temperature-humidity sensor

Digikey - not yet ordered

8

Soil moisture sensor

Analog Soil Moisture Sensor - SEN0114

DFRobot/Digikey - have an old one

9

CO2 sensor

Infrared CO2 Sensor - SEN0219

DFRobot/Digikey - not yet ordered

CAMERAS

Camera Description

Position

Camera

Source

Camera Description

Position

Camera

Source

Rock Camera

Elevator 2

Dino-Lite - AM3111

Already purchased

Test tube Camera

Pointing at test tubes

  • used to see test results

Any colour camera

Find in bay

Ground Camera

Pointing at ground

  • used to position the ground sensors and hoover

Any camera

Find in bay