Steve's Junk » engineering http://smackaay.com A showcase of Steven Mackaay's stuff Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:01:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Working on new viscometer head http://smackaay.com/2009/10/06/working-on-new-viscometer-head/ http://smackaay.com/2009/10/06/working-on-new-viscometer-head/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:40:50 +0000 smackaay http://smackaay.com/?p=735 Continue reading →]]>   Well, I’ve been designing some new stuff since having a little wind of inspiration. This head weighs in at about 700g and provisions have been made to allow an attachment to a handle and therefore a hand-held version could be made. Here are some images.
 
Line Drawing

Line Drawing


Fully Assembled visc head

Fully Assembled visc head


Viscometer head opened

Viscometer head opened


Viscometer head from the back

Viscometer head from the back


 
  I’m going to use these design concepts on the next in-process version. I’m going to design the external case for the electrical portion and for possible battery storage. Since the motor only draws 100ma at 24v or 200ma with a 12v motor, a hand held version is definitely possible. This version will use a PIC16F767 for control and using a smaller LCD display to display info.
  Now, on to developing some other devices. I’ve wasted far too much time in the last many months, time to get busy.

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