24-06-2015, 07:43 PM
Thanks for reading the thread and for your comments Lawrence.
I'm a simple soul, and if ever I installed a piped system, I'm sure I could cope better with manually opened and closed blast gates than Arduino controlled ones
If the gates are manually controlled, each time they're opened and closed it acts as an inspection to ensure that the gates function properly.
Just though it was a neat approach to a small DIY workshop and an interesting application for the Arduino.
Amazing how cheap they are - I think the clones are about a fiver. EPROMs were about my limit 25 years ago - never got into pics or microcontrollers, but I can see the fascination.
I'm a simple soul, and if ever I installed a piped system, I'm sure I could cope better with manually opened and closed blast gates than Arduino controlled ones

If the gates are manually controlled, each time they're opened and closed it acts as an inspection to ensure that the gates function properly.
Just though it was a neat approach to a small DIY workshop and an interesting application for the Arduino.
Amazing how cheap they are - I think the clones are about a fiver. EPROMs were about my limit 25 years ago - never got into pics or microcontrollers, but I can see the fascination.
Regards, David.
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