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yea I saw a YouTube vid on microcontrollers how to solder leads into a breadboard and all that...seems time consuming to say the least even if you know what your doing. Then there is the software aspect of it at least I know c++ and a little java that should help. If that's what it takes there...

I would want to be able to do it at time intervals of my choosing to loop until power is disconnected. I want to be able to change the pattern of each electromagnet firing to a new pattern for testing purposes, but the final product can be hardwired to one looping pattern that fires until power...

I need to hook up 8 electromagnets and make them turn on and off to a pre designed pattern. I have no idea how to get something to turn on and off in a programmed sequence. I'm sure there are probably ready made programmable switches that come with software but I don't know. In any case I...