Question about James Webb sunshield testing experiment

[Anu_2310]

I am planning to do the project "Test the James Webb Telescope multiple mirror assembly and sunshield" suggested by science buddies" and i want to add some electronic parts to it such that it just not showcase the functioning of sunshield but also showcase the autonomous movement of James Webb to its target but i am unable to find the c

[bfinio]

Hi - it looks like the text of your post got cut off somehow, but one way to do this would be to control small motors with an Arduino. This would allow you to precisely control the angle or timing of the movement of one or more motors. If you are not familiar with Arduino, we have a tutorial page about it here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... an-arduino. You would particularly want to look at the videos about servo motors (although you'd need to go through the earlier videos first if you've never used an Arduino before).

Another cheaper, but harder to control, option is to use a motor that's just connected directly to a battery pack, and manually timing it by turning a switch on and off. This risks breaking your mechanism if you leave the motor on too long, but does not require any programming. We have several projects that just use motors directly connected to a battery pack, such as:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... ping-robot

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... cing-robot

Hope that helps!