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I am part of a group of college engineering students assigned with
designing and constructing an autonomous vehicle. None of the team
members has any experience with programmable controls so we are
asking for advice. Our design calls for 2 stepper motors. Any
advice on the type of components needed to control and drive the
motors or any specific combination of components that would be
suitable for our application, which must as affordable as possible,
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Adam
designing and constructing an autonomous vehicle. None of the team
members has any experience with programmable controls so we are
asking for advice. Our design calls for 2 stepper motors. Any
advice on the type of components needed to control and drive the
motors or any specific combination of components that would be
suitable for our application, which must as affordable as possible,
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Adam
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you with your design. For driving the steppers, I would recommend using
stepper driver modules controlled by a stamp processor interfaced to the
module. You must select the steppers first and use a driver that can handle
the specific motor you select. You may wish to consider using a DC gear
motor instead of the stepper to save some complexity and money. Steppers
are good for certain things but not best for others.
jim
http://www.geocities.com/jimforkin2003/
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I am part of a group of college engineering students assigned with
designing and constructing an autonomous vehicle. None of the team
members has any experience with programmable controls so we are
asking for advice. Our design calls for 2 stepper motors. Any
advice on the type of components needed to control and drive the
motors or any specific combination of components that would be
suitable for our application, which must as affordable as possible,
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Adam
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be used as Proof-Of-Concept platforms, so:
www.HamiltonBook.com is selling, for 7.00 plus
4.00 postage, the Tab 'Build Your Own Robot Kit'
(TBYORK). This has two motors, a PIC which
implements a couple of 'behaviors', an IR remote,
motor drivers, and the PIC also implements
PWM to control the motor speed. It also has
a socket for a BS2, or other 24-pin compatible
module, so you can 'code your own'.
You WILL need to buy an additional BS2 to
control this thing, if you don't have one already.
It's not stepper motor based -- but maybe you
don't HAVE to use a stepper motor? In any
event, you can use this platform to try
stuff out.
I can also recommend the Tab 'SumoBot'.
This has an OEM BS2 on-card, and is a little
more robust (uses AA batteries instead of
9-volt, has 4 wheels instead of 2, has
a steel chassis). These are around $50.00
to $100.00.
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "oabatmsu" <nankeead@m...> wrote:
> I am part of a group of college engineering students assigned with
> designing and constructing an autonomous vehicle. None of the team
> members has any experience with programmable controls so we are
> asking for advice. Our design calls for 2 stepper motors. Any
> advice on the type of components needed to control and drive the
> motors or any specific combination of components that would be
> suitable for our application, which must as affordable as possible,
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
looks like they're sold out. Still,
Amazon should have some of the TAB SumoBots
available, they are in current production.
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...>
wrote:
> I'm a great believer in Rapid Prototypes to
> be used as Proof-Of-Concept platforms, so:
> www.HamiltonBook.com is selling, for 7.00 plus
> 4.00 postage, the Tab 'Build Your Own Robot Kit'
> (TBYORK). This has two motors, a PIC which
> implements a couple of 'behaviors', an IR remote,
> motor drivers, and the PIC also implements
> PWM to control the motor speed. It also has
> a socket for a BS2, or other 24-pin compatible
> module, so you can 'code your own'.
> You WILL need to buy an additional BS2 to
> control this thing, if you don't have one already.
>
> It's not stepper motor based -- but maybe you
> don't HAVE to use a stepper motor? In any
> event, you can use this platform to try
> stuff out.
>
> I can also recommend the Tab 'SumoBot'.
> This has an OEM BS2 on-card, and is a little
> more robust (uses AA batteries instead of
> 9-volt, has 4 wheels instead of 2, has
> a steel chassis). These are around $50.00
> to $100.00.
>
> --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "oabatmsu" <nankeead@m...>
wrote:
> > I am part of a group of college engineering students assigned
with
> > designing and constructing an autonomous vehicle. None of the
team
> > members has any experience with programmable controls so we are
> > asking for advice. Our design calls for 2 stepper motors. Any
> > advice on the type of components needed to control and drive the
> > motors or any specific combination of components that would be
> > suitable for our application, which must as affordable as
possible,
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adam