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HB-25 Motor Controller

totcohandtotcohand Posts: 28
edited 2009-01-02 05:41 in Robotics
Just a quick question about this motor controller. I saw on the catalog that you can controll 2 motors if they are moving in the same direction, do they have to be the same speed also, for example if I needed my bot to turn by slowing down the wheel speed of the right side?
Thanks!

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  • Tom CTom C Posts: 461
    edited 2009-01-02 04:49
    totcohand,

    What you are describing is turning by using skid steering which will require two HB25s.

    Each HB25 will control two motors in parallel on each side of the robot/rover.

    Appropriate PWM signals from a MCU (BS2, etc) can be used to skid steer the robot/rover in any direction.

    Hope this helps.

    Regards,
    TCIII

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  • totcohandtotcohand Posts: 28
    edited 2009-01-02 05:41
    Thanks Tom that clears it up!
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