Hi,
I hope I am on the right place as I am new here:smileyhappy:
I reacently bought a NC Pipe bender. It allows me to bend pipes to a certain degree via pc controler, what it does'nt do is give me the degree's at which I want the next bend to be.
I had a look at the Arduino's 3 axis shield that seams like it can do the job but it can only mesure till 180 then it goes over to -180, and its not going to fit in with its enviroment as there's a lot of moving parts. The only way to use this shield is mounting it on the clap that holds the pipe(Which turns)
What can I use to give me the degree's at which i want the next bend? I also want it to be able to activate a solonoid/switch that will stop the pipe from turning over the desired degree.
Hope this makes sense.
Thanx in advance.