{"id":13221,"date":"2017-02-10T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T19:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/?p=13221"},"modified":"2017-02-10T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T20:04:29","slug":"arduino-powered-mini-conveyor-belt-training-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/arduino-powered-mini-conveyor-belt-training-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Arduino powered mini conveyor belt for training purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belt conveyors are key components of industrial automation systems. This <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutelyautomation.com\/articles\/2017\/01\/30\/modular-portable-conveyor-speed-controlled-arduino\" target=\"_blank\">modular mini conveyor belt<\/a><\/strong> is designed to replicate a miniature version of an industrial automation process that can be used in educational environments for industrial automation illustration using microcontrollers. It consists of a speed controller\u00a0to drive\u00a0a stepper motor with up to 2 Amps, and an Arduino board\u00a0for automating tasks. The speed can be varied from 0 to 300 RPM, and is displayed on a 3-digit seven segment display module.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13223\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cbelt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13223\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13223\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cbelt.jpg\" alt=\"Arduino powered mini conveyor belt\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cbelt.jpg 700w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cbelt-580x326.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino powered mini conveyor belt<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>The design was conceived to have the least amount of complex mechanical elements as possible, however, two special non trivial steps are required: cut and joint the timing belt that transfers rotation from the motor to the axle, and make the conveyor belt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Video showing the conveyor belt in action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0igjVYxViI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belt conveyors are key components of industrial automation systems. This modular mini conveyor belt is designed to replicate a miniature version of an industrial automation process that can be used in educational environments for industrial automation illustration using microcontrollers. It consists of a speed controller\u00a0to drive\u00a0a stepper motor with up to 2 Amps, and an Arduino board\u00a0for automating tasks. The speed can be varied from 0 to 300 RPM, and is displayed on a 3-digit seven segment display module. The design was conceived to have the least amount of complex mechanical elements as possible, however, two special non trivial steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[752,1632],"class_list":["post-13221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arduino-2","tag-automation","tag-conveyor-belt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13221"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13227,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13221\/revisions\/13227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}