So I spent the last two weekends trying to automate a small lifting hatch in my garage workbench. The actuator itself worked fine, but the movement was rough and stopping points were inconsistent. I honestly underestimated how important the control side would be. After digging around, I ended up reading through this page: motion control products https://www.progressiveautomations.com/en-eu. It explains different control system options, wiring setups, and how things like speed and feedback affect motion. Once I adjusted my setup based on that info, the hatch started moving smoothly and stopping exactly where I needed it to.
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Interesting thread. I haven’t worked directly with linear actuators yet, but I like reading about real build experiences like this. It’s always the small control details that seem to make or break a project. Makes me realize that planning the electronics side early probably saves a lot of trial and error later on.