Actuators convert signals into physical stimuli, which can be perceived by humans or other systems. They let the system emit information into the physical world.
Questions tagged [actuator]
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How to make stepper motor turn 360 degrees over time?
I have this code to control my steppermotor in Javascript with an Espruino.
function motorStep(mySteps){
var stepperPins = [C6,C7,C8,C9]; // Change these to your pins (digital output)
var stepBits = [0b0110,0b0101,0b1001,0b1010];
if…

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Any experience with a SMC JXC91?
I have a JXC91 paired with an actuator LER50-K in this case. I communicate with it via ethernet ip protocol C# ethernet ip library. The only thing I want is to get the actuator name. The manual and eds file do not mention any commands for this…

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Fiware Actuator/Sensor On Off pattern with status
My configuration includes orion, IoT Agent JSON, and mongoDB.
I want to build a Fiware Lamp actuator and I want to have is on/off status (as sensor) as well.
At the moment I use a PATCH request with body (form ORION) :
At First with on command:
{
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What is the replacement for the joint actuator block in the 2nd generation Simscape Multibody?
I am following a course on designing a TR3 Manipulator in SolidWorks , exporting an XML file via Solidworks which can be imported via MATLAB into Simscape Multibody and then trying to create a control system for it.
Unfortunately,Simscape has…

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Spring boot Custom health indicator is beign target multiple times within seconds in our logs
I have created a custom health indicator to check availability of an external service. This should be executed by a job every 15 minutes AFAIK. The problem is that I see on the logs that methodToCheckAvailability is being called multiple times…

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HTTP HEAD request /error triggers automatically for a spring boot application with health check configured
I am having a spring boot application sample-microservice. My MS is deployed on OCP server, and also has health check configured with readiness and liveness probes.
So, once the application starts up, I get below…

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How to control a linear actuator with an ESP32 and a BME280 sensor
I'm trying to program an EPS32 board to open and close a linear actuator depending of the temperature a BME 280 sensor gets. It is for an automated gardening project :)
My code is functional but I would like to perfect it.
The actuator is currently…

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Converting Decimals to mA
I want to operate a actuator i.e. proportional valve with pwm module.
The input signal to my pwm module are standard signals 0..20mA, 4...20mA, 0..5V and 0..10V.
So to operate the valve I need to give value from my system. The D/A module then…

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IO Mapping in Codesys
I am using a ifm AC1421 PLC. I am using a ifm AC2218 D/A module to operate the actuators i.e. proportional valves. A/D module AC2517 ifm is used to get the data from pressure sensors.
I wanted to have an idea on how is the I/O mapping done in…

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