So I am wondering if I have to use java to add a new motor controller?
I am using a dagu 4 motor controller that uses two inputs for each motor, pwm and direction, and it also offers encoders and current sensing for each motor
Just curious as to how to add a new controller.
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MRL currently has a Motor service (http://myrobotlab.org/service/Motor) It should control it just fine with your two input pins .. as the example script shows
arduino.motorAttach("m1", 9, 8)
will initialize it with the two pins
For the encoder you can just use the Arduino service to poll the pin (there is even debounce setting you can use, but I bet OddBot designed it pretty well so it might not be necessary to debounce in software)
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Hmm, I thought that the
Hmm, I thought that the arduino motor control was for an hbridge. Where there could be 3 pins, enable, then two direction pins. With this controller I have two pins per motor, pwm for speed and control, high goes forward and low reverses.
Am I misunderstanding?
IMHO - I believe all simple
IMHO - I believe all simple H-bridges should be implemented with 2 bit control where
1st - bit speed/pwm
2nd - bit direction
and that is the way the Arduino service motor control works
Arduino.motorAttach(String motorName, Integer PWMPin, Integer directionPin)
So its a match with your hardware.
Man that is cool? I will
Man that is cool? I will be testing tonite for sure
Ok so I played with this last
Ok so I played with this last night. And it works just as you said., but there is another question that I have about this.
I am using 5v power from my laptop to power the drive wheels, I can see an obvious difference in speed when using mrl vs arduino control.
Is there a way to specify pwm frequency?
In the sketch you use with
In the sketch you use with the Arduino - do you modify the PWM or timers?
No
I will have to look at the exact sketch when I get off work, but not that I recall.
I think I simply pulsed the line at full pwm and then gave a high signal to the direction pin. Will post the sketch in a bit.
I'd like to know how they
I'd like to know how they behave differently.. (post a video if you can) they should behave the same, unless you did modify the timers.. but MRL even has the capability to set the PWM at a different frequency... (you have to be careful not to mess up the serial connection when you do - it relies on some of the timers)
I had to do this, because I wanted to avoid the high pitch whine and I have a few motors which like much low frequencies...
Ok, I will see what i can do
Ok, I will see what i can do about a small clip or two of the motors spinning..
BUT, I didn't notice this last night, but check out the PWM, 127, that's half power.. so, there is a difference for sure. I will turn up the pwm to 255 which should be full power, and video that and full power via MRL and post a video.
Here's the code that is currently loaded on one arduino (RBBLeo) and the standard MRL arduino sketch is loaded as well on another RBBLeo.
###################################################################
#define LM1D_pin 5
#define LM2D_pin 7
#define RM1D_pin 9
#define RM2D_pin 11
#define Right_Speed 4
#define Right_Speed2 6
#define Left_Speed 8
#define Left_Speed2 10
void setup()
{
pinMode (LM1D_pin,OUTPUT); // configure Left Motor Direction pin as output
pinMode (LM2D_pin,OUTPUT);
pinMode (RM1D_pin,OUTPUT);
pinMode (RM2D_pin,OUTPUT);
pinMode (Right_Speed, OUTPUT);
pinMode (Right_Speed2, OUTPUT);
pinMode (Left_Speed, OUTPUT);
pinMode (Left_Speed2, OUTPUT);
}
void loop()
{
// DRIVE FORWARD FOREVER
digitalWrite(LM1D_pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(LM2D_pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(RM1D_pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(RM2D_pin, LOW);
analogWrite(Right_Speed, 127);
analogWrite(Right_Speed2, 127);
analogWrite(Left_Speed, 127);
analogWrite(Left_Speed2, 127);
}
#########################################################################
Video to come
why are you looping through
why are you looping through the digital and analog writes?
what is the result ? Does the Arduino sketch go faster or slower than MRL ?
An Arduino can maintain a PWM on a pin after a single analogWrite - you are writing direction & speed commands (the same ones) many times per second.
In otherwords all the code you have could and I "think" probably should be in the setup. If you dynamically changed speed - then you might have that in the loop .. e.g. analogWrite(Right_Speed, newSpeedValue) -> then delay(5000) // wait 5 seconds - then go to the next speed..
What kind of motor controller or h-bridge do you have ?
We need pictures & specification, links etc.. :D