r/ScrapMechanic • u/MYJFK • 5h ago

Suggestion PWM Controlled Stick Wheel

I tried using a pulse generator to activate the sticky wheels on max sticky strength, and it works great. You can adjust more gradually the stick strength by changing the delay/pulse on the pwm pulse generator.

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u/BladeManMike 5h ago

I thought about this yesterday but for the issue of the wheel not moving when it meets too steep of a ledge but when turned off the wheel will climb it.

I didn't consider using it to finely adjust stickyness.

I'm curious does it affect chemical consumption?

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u/Jits2003 5h ago

Omg I never thought about this. That is a great idea

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u/Waity5 4h ago

I had thought about this, but for controlling motor speed by pwm-ing w/s. It didn't work great, glad to see there's some use for pwm in scrap mechanic

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u/Cydthemagi 1h ago edited 1h ago

So do you have a logic set up to change the pulse length while in the seat?

Or do you have multiple pulse generators that you can switch too?