diff --git a/.assets/images/schematic_yard_gate.png b/.assets/images/gate_before_start.png similarity index 100% rename from .assets/images/schematic_yard_gate.png rename to .assets/images/gate_before_start.png diff --git a/.assets/images/motor_wire_connections.jpg b/.assets/images/motor_wire_connections.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a80f3e8 Binary files /dev/null and b/.assets/images/motor_wire_connections.jpg differ diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ada9ae9..e6eaaa5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ The state of the portal before starting my project was as follows: - A broken photoelectric sensor to be changed - The electronics of the gate to be completely redone +![Picture of the gate at the beginning before the project](.assets/images/gate_before_start.png) + ## Required elements ### Hardware @@ -41,6 +43,21 @@ I also needed other components such as: [ESPhome](https://esphome.io/) was the easiest solution to implement the portal system. I used it to make my ESP32 program +## Developpement + +### Step 1: Check of the working existing components + +The engine was the first element I tested to verify the feasibility of the project. After a little research to make a three-phase asynchronous motor work on an alternating current, I was able to verify that it turned correctly. +I made the conversion from three phase to single phase using a capacitor of 25µF 450V. connected between 2 motor coils: + +![Picture of the motor connections](motor_wire_connections.jpg) + +I also changed the oil of the 45/1 gearbox. + +all the rest was not in working order anymore + +### Step 2: + ## Points of improvement ### Security : No rolling code