The Biogun Xbox port is 5v
The Biogun DC port is 5v
since these two guns already have a rumble motor to use them, connect them directly to the circuit made and feed them to 5v externally? Even if the console ports are 5v, I doubt that the rumble goes to 5v is there a way to check the voltage without blowing them up? In that of DC there are soldered components, perhaps they serve to reduce the voltage? If so, should I leave them and feed at 5v?
The one for xbox that looks the same as the DC one instead had only two wires one connected to the onoff switch and the other went on the main board of the gun
I don't know how to proceed now: D
If they are truly powered in 5v and don't use so much current you can use the Arduino vcc.
But without knowing the current they are using it's a risk to take. I think the max current the vcc can provide is 500mA.
I'm not sure how to check the max voltage either, I wish I knew how to.
The best way I found so far is the follow the traces on the original pcb, from the rumble to the power supply, to see which components are used.
Sometime it's easy to see if the motor is fed directly from the vcc or not.
i took these
do you think they are fine? the space left is very little with these I should be able to insert them...
can I power 2 solenoids with a single 24v power supply?
I do use a very similar solenoid, so yeah it should work fine!
For the fitting I had to do so many measure and search for while before finding one that fits, and I still had to trim a little bit of plastic
Just remember that you need space both in the front and the back of the solenoid for the recoil to move without damaging anything.
Yeah a power supply can easily power both solenoid at the same time if it's powerful enough. At least that's what I am doing and it works great
Here are what I am using for the cables and power;
- 3m microUSB -> USB cable to connect the arduino
- 3m 2.1mm x 5.5mm connector power cable, male <-> female
- 3m plastic corrugated tube to hold both cables together and protect them
- a 24v 4A power supply with 2.1mm x 5.5mm connector (you probably don't need a power supply that strong, I took it large just in case I needed to power more solenoids at a time)
- 2.1mm x 5.5mm Y adapter to power 2 guns solenoid at a time
So I just cut the connector of the power cable I don't need, and solder it to the solenoid driver pcb.
I attached some images of those parts if you need.