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I changed the front end logic to 4060 and 4011 ICs here, for fun. You could use this circuit to turn on an irrigation motor for a very short time every several hours (just omit the sun sensor and select appropriate timing pins and much lower oscillation frequency for the 4060). | I changed the front end logic to 4060 and 4011 ICs here, for fun. You could use this circuit to turn on an irrigation motor for a very short time every several hours (just omit the sun sensor and select appropriate timing pins and much lower oscillation frequency for the 4060). | ||
| − | + | [[File:Irrigation_Timer_Sun_Tracker_motor_driver.sch]] | |
[[File:Irrigation_Timer_Sun_Tracker_motor_driver.kicad_pcb]] | [[File:Irrigation_Timer_Sun_Tracker_motor_driver.kicad_pcb]] | ||
[[File:Irrigation_Timer_Sun_Tracker_motor_driver.png]] | [[File:Irrigation_Timer_Sun_Tracker_motor_driver.png]] | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 5 August 2016
This is using two LEDs to sense the sun and send +- or -+ logic signals to a full bridge motor driver like L298 or http:/www.redrok.com LED3X schematic. I bought his. I recommend it.
I changed the front end logic to 4060 and 4011 ICs here, for fun. You could use this circuit to turn on an irrigation motor for a very short time every several hours (just omit the sun sensor and select appropriate timing pins and much lower oscillation frequency for the 4060).
File:Irrigation Timer Sun Tracker motor driver.sch
File:Irrigation Timer Sun Tracker motor driver.kicad pcb
