Electronic Grip Thoughts...

[anti_statik]

super simple

havent put alot of thought into this but how about an electric motor with a lobed lifter like in a gas motor to act as a trigger pull. they make a trigger crank for guns you could probably use that. a rt valve would be able to "reset" the lifter because the shaft would be free to move. might be noisey. lvl 10 would be a plus. rof adjustment would be simple with a POT. a cam system could work

[RazorMonkey]

Response time...

[Miscue]

(NOTE: this thread does not intend to infringe on the rights of WDP, Smart Parts, or the guys who actually invented the paintball E-grip. I am not going into production in any way, shape, or form, and am just kicking around ideas...)

Using a single battery, a micro-switch, and a solenoid, shouldn't I be able to make a walkable e-grip with no eyes, no lag waiting for the board to survey the switch, and no worries about cheating? combine with a lvlx, and you should have a decent sear-dropper, no?

maybe add a capacitor to hold the solenoid extended for longer then the switch is closed?

am I nuts, or am I a genious?

There's virtually no lag waiting for the board to look for a trigger pull... these chips operate at several MHz..

The capacitor would be more properly used for supplying instantaneous power... which batteries alone are not good at doing.

It's not an ABSOLUTE must, but there should be at least some kind of simple timer that controls solenoid dwell. But anyway, this can all be done without programmable microcontrollers.

[SlartyBartFast]

But anyway, this can all be done without programmable microcontrollers.

One-shots and R/C circuits...

[Miscue]

Indeed... It takes less than 30 lines of code to program Basic Stamp to shoot in semi. Add in a boot sequence and a safety, and you should still be under 100 lines... Very simple, and VERY cheap

Maybe even less than that - I don't know much about Basic stamps. You can write a rudimentary semi-auto on the EMag's Atmel chip with either 1 or 2 instructions... I forget.

Set the solenoid to the same state as the trigger! (Solenoid output = Trigger input.)

[RazorMonkey]

True, but that's basically the same thing as simply wiring a solenoid, a switch, and a battery together... No dwell control except for that of your fingers.... lol