Motor Mind C W/ Basic Control
Joltnjoe
Posts: 12
I have the Motor Mind C Carrier Board with the Motor Mind C and Basic Stamp Control either BS2or BS2p
I want to build a Robot·with ·Tank threads·using a motor on each side
I am using a Raido Control (JR) to control the Robot
The Throttle control is controling both Motors and the steering control
will adjust the speed of the·each Motor on position of the control
When the Steering control is in the center position both motors will
turn in the same direction determined by the Throttle position FWD or REV
when the Steering control position is moved to the left the right motor will
maintain its speed·and the·left motor·will
slow down when hard left the left motor will rotate in the opposite direction of the right motor
and Visa Versa·with the steering control·is moved to the right
I do not see and Programs Relating to this Problem
Basically I want the Throttle for speed and direction and Steering for Left/ Right Control
Does anyone have any Ideas·
I want to build a Robot·with ·Tank threads·using a motor on each side
I am using a Raido Control (JR) to control the Robot
The Throttle control is controling both Motors and the steering control
will adjust the speed of the·each Motor on position of the control
When the Steering control is in the center position both motors will
turn in the same direction determined by the Throttle position FWD or REV
when the Steering control position is moved to the left the right motor will
maintain its speed·and the·left motor·will
slow down when hard left the left motor will rotate in the opposite direction of the right motor
and Visa Versa·with the steering control·is moved to the right
I do not see and Programs Relating to this Problem
Basically I want the Throttle for speed and direction and Steering for Left/ Right Control
Does anyone have any Ideas·
Comments
I'm wondering if you could do this in a more simplistic fashion. Could you use an off-the-shelf R/C electronic speed control and use a BS2 to mix the signals?
Ken
The problem is how to Program the BS2 to mix the signals
One of the settings on the Motor Mind C Carrier Board is for RC Controls input
Do you Know of any Programs to mix the signals ?
Thank You
I have not tried it yet
The Program is in the Solutions Cubed Web Site
There's not an application note specific to the MMC but if you look under the Products...ICON_BS2...AN604.PDF you'll see an RC controlled robot system. This application note shows how to read two RC signals with a BS2 and mix them to create the tank tread drive system that you're talking about.
There are two routines SETIM_1, and SETIM_2 (or something similar) that send the speed commands from a BS2 to two ICON Interface Modules. For the MMC you would replace these routines with a singla command updating the speed of both motors.
But AN604 does a pretty good job of describing how you do this with a BS2.
Lon