Roborealm controlling large motors with BS2/Propeller and HB-25
honor_the_ways
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What I'm trying to do is get a robot capable of carrying a considerable load to follow a person at about walking pace using the Roborealm vision processing software. Ideally this robot is going to be completely self contained so the laptop running Roborealm is going to be mounted on the robot.
Because the entire robot plus the load will range somewhere from 20-40 lbs (44-88 Kg) we cannot use the typical small servos like you find on the Lynxmotion, EnduranceRC or Parallax sites.
I've been reading up on motor controllers but I'm looking for some feedback about how to control larger motors, 12VDC or more, through Roborealm 2.37.3. I see that Roborealm has control modules already built-in for a number of motor controllers but I'm using I would also need another board so I could install some ultrasound sensors and LEDs.
The following 2 pages: http://www.roborealm.com/forum/index.php?thread_id=1581#8 and http://www.instructables.com/id/AutonomousRC-Human-Bot/step3/Electronics/
seem to suggest to me that you can use Roborealm to control a Parallax servo controller like the BS2 or the Propeller and that would then drive an HB-25 motor controller, also from Parallax. As far as I can tell, the laptop would connect to the Propeller or BS2 via USB and the various sensors, LEDs, and the HB-25 motor controller would be connected to that servo controller board.
Is this right or would the motor controller have to be plugged into the computer separately? Either way how would you go about controlling the motors using Roborealm?
Could someone point me in the right direction?
Because the entire robot plus the load will range somewhere from 20-40 lbs (44-88 Kg) we cannot use the typical small servos like you find on the Lynxmotion, EnduranceRC or Parallax sites.
I've been reading up on motor controllers but I'm looking for some feedback about how to control larger motors, 12VDC or more, through Roborealm 2.37.3. I see that Roborealm has control modules already built-in for a number of motor controllers but I'm using I would also need another board so I could install some ultrasound sensors and LEDs.
The following 2 pages: http://www.roborealm.com/forum/index.php?thread_id=1581#8 and http://www.instructables.com/id/AutonomousRC-Human-Bot/step3/Electronics/
seem to suggest to me that you can use Roborealm to control a Parallax servo controller like the BS2 or the Propeller and that would then drive an HB-25 motor controller, also from Parallax. As far as I can tell, the laptop would connect to the Propeller or BS2 via USB and the various sensors, LEDs, and the HB-25 motor controller would be connected to that servo controller board.
Is this right or would the motor controller have to be plugged into the computer separately? Either way how would you go about controlling the motors using Roborealm?
Could someone point me in the right direction?