Electronics: RCABS Ballast System

Overview

This page contains documentation of an RCABS ballast system build. For a description of an RCABS ballast system, visit the following documentation link: (documentation) The code for this module is stored in the orcas repository underneath orcas/tests/rcabs_ballast_system/pump_test (link). The test code closes the valve and turns on the pump for 3 seconds, then opens the valve and turns off the pump for 8 seconds, prompting the bladder to inflate and deflate.

Parts

• VAC-100 Vacuum/Compressor Pump: (1x) (reference)
• Pneumatic Solenoid Valve: (2x) (reference)
• IRF5250 Mosfet Driver Module: (2x) (reference)
• Arduino Uno: (1x) (reference)
• 12V Power Supply: (1x)
• Size 3 Air Bladder: (1x) (reference) (navigate to Mechanical/Ballast Systems/Air Bladder Systems)
• Wire

Unused

• 6-Pin Power Relay: (1x) (reference)
• Small Signal NPN Transistor: (1x) (reference)

Diagram

Last edited by Connor Novak on 06/27/2017