Arduino Camshaft Measurement Tool

An Arduino camshaft measurement tool.

Jun 5, 2020

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Components and supplies

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Nema 17 dual shaft stepper motor

1

Solid state 5v relay board

1

Stepper motor controller

1

Optical end stop

1

Aluminum extrusion and brackets

1

3D printed parts and brackets

1

SPI to HID controller for indicator

1

Incremental rotary encoder (non essential)

1

Arduino UNO

1

Digital Dial indicator with SPI interface

1

Breadboard (generic)

1

Shaft couplers (modified to remove play)

Tools and machines

1

Basic hand tools

1

3D Printer (generic)

Apps and platforms

1

Spreadsheet for creating the chart

Project description

Code

Stepper motor pushbutton control

arduino

This is the code to manipulate the stepper motor for aligning the camshaft and making the 360 revolution for taking the measurements. This is modified code originally taken from the web.

Downloadable files

Chart showing a comparison of lobe profiles

Chart showing a comparison of lobe profiles

Chart showing a comparison of lobe profiles

some pretty basic wiring

this is a pic of the wiring, it is very basic

some pretty basic wiring

Chart showing a comparison of lobe profiles

Chart showing a comparison of lobe profiles

Chart showing a comparison of lobe profiles

some pretty basic wiring

this is a pic of the wiring, it is very basic

some pretty basic wiring

Documentation

basic mechanical setup

basic mechanical setup I posted a video of this in operation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWigCN4UOSY

basic mechanical setup

basic mechanical setup

basic mechanical setup I posted a video of this in operation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWigCN4UOSY

basic mechanical setup

Comments

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Anonymous user

2 years ago

Hi, Great project, but is there more detailed information available, a schema of the electronics for example Thanks

Anonymous user

2 years ago

Great project Looks really nice, I like the setup of bearings for axel and spi measurements

Anonymous user

2 years ago

HI There, very impressed indeed. do you have a link to the spreadsheet the graphs the data please. Well done

Anonymous user

3 years ago

Hi, Great project, but is there more detailed information available, a schema of the electronics for example Thanks

baker7s

4 years ago

HI There, very impressed indeed. do you have a link to the spreadsheet the graphs the data please. Well done

Anonymous user

4 years ago

Dear Friend I have to write one thing about this project. This is a great project and gave me a lot of inspiration for my project. Firstly, I want to ask one question about excel export and serial connection that interrupted by step motor code. How could I handle the synchronized serial transfer with stepper driving? When I tried with Arduino excel software Arduino stepper drive signal is broken by serial connection. Which software do you use for excel data import? Thanks a lot

Anonymous user

4 years ago

Great project Looks really nice, I like the setup of bearings for axel and spi measurements