Took Mark Rober monthly class on creative engineering which introduced us to pneumatics. Made a quick guide to operating the Baomain Pneumatic cylinder in the recommended parts list! Hope someone finds it helpful. A 5/2 solenoid can be used to operate this double acting cylinder; this is easy to control with a raspberry pi pico using a transistor.
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| from machine import Pin | |
| import time | |
| led = Pin(15, Pin.OUT) | |
| button = Pin(14, Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_DOWN) | |
| blueLED = Pin(16, Pin.OUT) | |
| blueLED.value(0) | |
| while True: | |
| if button.value(): | |
| print("ACTIVATION SEQUENCE") | |
| for i in range(0,20): | |
| blueLED.value(1) | |
| time.sleep(0.1) | |
| blueLED.value(0) | |
| time.sleep(0.1) | |
| led.value(1) | |
| time.sleep(1) | |
| led.value(0) | |
| time.sleep(1) | |
| led.value(1) | |
| time.sleep(1) | |
| led.value(0) | |
| time.sleep(1) | |
| else: | |
| led.value(0) | |
| print(button.value()) | |
| #time.sleep(0.5) |
