Thread: Wiring a button for a solenoid on a T-shirt launcher HELP!
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Re: Wiring a button for a solenoid on a T-shirt launcher HELP!
Though I'm pretty sure there are many ways to program this, on ours, we have a simpler solution.

On our t-shirt robot, we just use a model airplane-type servo that hits arm-type limit switches. We just have a two-barrel shooter, so all the way left, shoot left shirt--all the way right--shoot right shirt.

If you have more solenoids, you could progressively hit more limit switches the farther you move the servo.

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