Hi,
I am working on a water feature for my garden which shoots 5 water jets from the ground. Basically the setup consists of a pump which feeds a 1" pipe to which the 5 outlets are connected. At every outlet there is a 12v solenoid valve which draws 250mA each.
Every solenoid is independently controlled so as to have the "dancing" effect.
To test the setup I wired all 5 solenoid to a 5 gang switch (to switch every solenoid on/off independently). Everything worked according to plan, so now i'm into the next phase of the project, ie. make a picaxe based controller which will switch the solenoids at random or in sync to get the dancing effect or something similar.
In your opinion, which would be the best way to do this? Which components would you use? FETs, Relays.....?
I didn't start yet so I am all open for any suggestions. Anything will be considered at this stage.
Thanks
I am working on a water feature for my garden which shoots 5 water jets from the ground. Basically the setup consists of a pump which feeds a 1" pipe to which the 5 outlets are connected. At every outlet there is a 12v solenoid valve which draws 250mA each.
Every solenoid is independently controlled so as to have the "dancing" effect.
To test the setup I wired all 5 solenoid to a 5 gang switch (to switch every solenoid on/off independently). Everything worked according to plan, so now i'm into the next phase of the project, ie. make a picaxe based controller which will switch the solenoids at random or in sync to get the dancing effect or something similar.
In your opinion, which would be the best way to do this? Which components would you use? FETs, Relays.....?
I didn't start yet so I am all open for any suggestions. Anything will be considered at this stage.
Thanks