HB-25 Motor Controller object
ALIBE
Posts: 299
First of all, glad to be back. I got busy at work traveling and of course a good Summer time.
I am now catching up on all the threads and must admit completely overwhelmed. I will be needing more than the heavier help I have been getting from you all in my quest to Prop.
So, here;s my first ?n of the day.
I realize the HB-25 (http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=29144) is PWM enabled and behaves just like how a servo would. I am curious if anyone has written a hb-25 object for interfacing w/ the prop.
any pointers and help is greatly appreciated.
I am getting ready to buy the starter kit, a a couple of propsticks and HB-25 for my Etraxx electric autonomous robot. Wish me luck and your help !!
Thanks in advance
alibe
I am now catching up on all the threads and must admit completely overwhelmed. I will be needing more than the heavier help I have been getting from you all in my quest to Prop.
So, here;s my first ?n of the day.
I realize the HB-25 (http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=29144) is PWM enabled and behaves just like how a servo would. I am curious if anyone has written a hb-25 object for interfacing w/ the prop.
any pointers and help is greatly appreciated.
I am getting ready to buy the starter kit, a a couple of propsticks and HB-25 for my Etraxx electric autonomous robot. Wish me luck and your help !!
Thanks in advance
alibe
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That should work for controlling One "HB-25 Motor", but controlling Two over the same cable will be a different story.
I believe Chris Savage would be better at answering that question though since he has worked quite a bit with the HB25.
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
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·· An HB-25 Object is in the works.· With all the great new products it's hard to find time to work on everything, but we're getting there.· Stay tuned.· Beau is right...The HB-25 has an additional mode that allows two HB-25 Controllers to share a data line.· The object will handle this.· Take care.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
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www.expresspcb.com
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
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just a friendly follow up on this HB-25 object effort. Is it at a stage where i can beta-test?
no pressure
thanks
·· To follow-up I have an object which I should be finishing tomorrow.· There's some information I am waiting for this week before I continue working on the HB-25 object.· Gievn that I would say that next weekend I should be able to get it at least functioning.· Right now what I have is framework, but in trying to make it more understandable I am writing the main code in SPIN rather than ASM.· To that end I will be using the counters to generate the pulses, but I need to hash out some details first.· I will keep you posted.· Take care.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
As you're designing and writing this wrapper, are you considering to encapsulate the "set and hold" the pwm setting or do you see that is something the obj consumer to handle w/i their own app via a separate and dedicated cog?
thanks, Alibe
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support