Where Lewis and Clark finished the rum | Oh, wow, thanks! Nothing like getting info from a reliable source:o)) We are working tonight and hope to get one of our controllers to interface with the EZmotor. We are planning to substitute a National Instruments cRio for the EZSteer controller. We can talk to that cRio over an 802.11 network and push video over that connection, so we will have "remote eyes" on our unit. Moreover, the cRio has digital and analog modules and we have some experience with shaft encoders (mainly on drive wheels and manipulator arms), potetionmeters (on manipulators) as well as some other sensors, so we think we are ready to try DARPA lite:o)) Any admonitions/advice are welcome...
A couple more questions, if you'd be so kind, as I don't want to blow up a motor right out the gate...
1 - I understand the 5V power source for the encoder, and open collector means I need the 10K resistor between encoder Vcc and each channel output - right? So a 10K resistor between pin 6 and pin 8, plus another 10K between pin 6 and pin 9?
2- We have Victor 883 (12V mosfet speed controllers with PWM inputs) http://www.vexrobotics.com/products/vexpro/victor-speed-controller.... that we intend to use to drive the motor. We should be good applying 12 Volt PWM to the motor power leads, right? The Victors are good to about 40 amps - what are the motor specs? We also have TI Jaguar motor controllers, but we have few of them, but could use a Jaguar if advised to.
thanks!! Chuck |
ez steer motor pinouts
