I'm looking to build a custom circuit for my living room The circuit I want is to control a sliding panel via a remote control
-- Thus I would have two sensors (SW1/SW2), to detect when the panel is completely open or shut, a bi-directional motor (M) to move the pannel, an infra red reciever, which could key off of at least two seperate signals, and a manual button. The behaviour would be as follows:
if IrSignal1, then set State(dir)=0 if IrSignal2, then set State(dir)=1 if State(dir)=0 && SW1=1, spin motor forwards if State(dir)=1 && SW2=1, spin motor backwards if button released (key off edge), then set State(dir)=not State(dir) (potential safety feature): if motor has been spinning for more than
10s, disengage motor.Now, here's my big delema -- I've never done any circuit design before! So my first question is, where would I start? Where would I learn how to build the above circuit? I'm pretty good with mechanics, and can solder wires. I also know to put the above in a metal box in case of overheating. If required, I can even do embedded programming (but I'm thinking the above shouldn't require a processor right?).
If anyone can point me to a place to start, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks, John
(Another solution is to get someone to build it for me, but I have no clue who, or how much something like this would cost. And I really don't mind learning...).