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Continuous Rotation DC Motor Speed Control

PracticalDesignsPracticalDesigns Posts: 1
edited 2013-12-15 14:33 in Propeller 1
I need to control a DC gear motor for adjustable constant speed control. I'm a mechanical engineer / electrical engineer. Weakness is programming. I do servos on the industrial level, but have a personal project I am working on with the propellor board.

Bought the propeller starter kit and some extra HB25s, motors, etc. Started going through the tutorial and I want to speed things up a bit.

Can someone recommend a place to search for source code that people offer? I am looking for a starting point as I develop my code / my library of code for the propeller.

If you have any suggestions for other cost effective options, I'd be curious to know as well. I am also thinking about trying the Arduino.

Basically jumping into the micro controller world head first and trying to get my first project off the ground. Making a little robot that's driveshaft powered. 12VDC motor.

Thanks!!

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  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2013-12-15 14:33
    Which Propeller board are you using?

    A believe you can use just about any servo object to control the HB25 controllers.

    I wrote a servo tester program for the QuickStart board. Post #15 of the thread has a simple servo demo program.

    I have a list of servo related links in post #10 of my index.

    And whenever servos are mentioned I use it as an excuse to mention my 32 servo demo.

    Hopefully this will get you started using servos with the Propeller.
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