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FitFoolFitFool Posts: 3
edited 2007-10-01 18:34 in Robotics
Hello i just bought the RoboStamp 2.0. Im a fairly good programmer in c/c++, and have set up the robot, and have programmed a couple small programs that just mess with the L.E.D.'s(in stamp basic). I have 2 motors hooked up to it in the 'A' Direct slot and 'B' Direct slot, and would like to be able to control these. Could someone getting me started in the right direction? thanks

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  • Steve JoblinSteve Joblin Posts: 784
    edited 2007-09-30 20:37
    Not quite sure what RoboStamp 2.0 is... can you provide a link so we know exactly what product it is... I don't think there is a Parallax product by that name...

    You can't hook up a motor directly to the Stamp... you need to control the motor through a "motor controller"... google "H-Bridge Motor Controller" circuit. You can also get info on how to control a motor in the Stamp In Class "Process Control" tutorial here... http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/sic/Web-PC-v1.0.pdf look at Chapter 5.

    You might also want to read through this thread that talks about how to connect motors to a Basic Stamp... http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=677483


    Post Edited (Steve Joblin) : 10/1/2007 12:49:09 AM GMT
  • FitFoolFitFool Posts: 3
    edited 2007-10-01 01:22
    Its actually called the Izebot. I was messing around with 'PULSOUT' and have gotten it to do some movement. forward back left/right. Could someone explain what a 'pin' is? Thanks
  • D FaustD Faust Posts: 608
    edited 2007-10-01 02:04
    A pin is just a connectoin to the outside world.· Ex: If you want to turn an led on then you connect one end to the PIN and the other to ground or Vss.· I see that the iZEBOT uses a BS2SX OEM board.· What is used for the motor controller?· Do you have a link to more info? You probably won't get too much help here except with general code examples.

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  • Kevin WoodKevin Wood Posts: 1,266
    edited 2007-10-01 02:24
    You might want to download some of the PDF documents from the Parallax website.

    Start with "What's a Microcontroller" and "Basic Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual" books.
  • FitFoolFitFool Posts: 3
    edited 2007-10-01 03:16
    D faust, im not sure. The, "motherboard"(i dont know exactly what its called, has a bunch of small inputs, 15 3-pin inputs, and 4 2pin inputs that i connect my motors to.
  • D FaustD Faust Posts: 608
    edited 2007-10-01 18:34
    Do you have a schematic of the board? It sounds to me like the motherboard has the a +V -V and Signal wire in the three pin headers, and some sort of motor controller linked to the 2 pin connectors. In this case the signal wire would go to the "pin" of the stamp. Without more info, I can't really be of any more help.

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