- Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:54 am
#108818
I am starting up a pet project and was hoping for some feedback and advice before I get started in earnest.
Goal is to create a liquid handling robot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_handling_robot) from old printer parts. I have Canon S820 that I have disassembled and it seems to have the motors and hardware I need. The robot will always be connected to a PC that will do high level control and synchronization of motors to perform sequences of actions.
I want to base the setup on a Arduino board as it gives me a lot of I/O options. Question is whether is should get some motor drivers or can I connect to controllers on the printer board and use them? Can I simply attach to the serial pins on the printer board (A3958SLB and TB62201AF) from the Arduino and start sending data while printer is powered? And what worries me the most - what kind of soldering skills would that require
Any thoughts and ideas ?
Goal is to create a liquid handling robot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_handling_robot) from old printer parts. I have Canon S820 that I have disassembled and it seems to have the motors and hardware I need. The robot will always be connected to a PC that will do high level control and synchronization of motors to perform sequences of actions.
I want to base the setup on a Arduino board as it gives me a lot of I/O options. Question is whether is should get some motor drivers or can I connect to controllers on the printer board and use them? Can I simply attach to the serial pins on the printer board (A3958SLB and TB62201AF) from the Arduino and start sending data while printer is powered? And what worries me the most - what kind of soldering skills would that require
Any thoughts and ideas ?