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Saturday, November 24, 2007

[oopic] Re: H-Bridge issue...maybe.

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, Shaggy <charrington@...> wrote:
>
>

Checking out the website shows the h-bridge chip is a 754410. This is
a standard chip, and works well with the oDCMotor2 object. It should
also work fine with a 9.6v battery and 7.2v motor. You should easily
be able to get a decent gradated motor speed.

From your description below, it sounds like you have it connected
wrong to your oopic board, or possibly the motor rating is > 1-amp.

> I'm using Rogue Robotics OOPic board, which is similar to the R, but
> configured a little differently. I also have their low cost H-
Bridge (that's
> the actual name), but I went to a different chassis from Robotics
Connection
> because I was having trouble with the Rogue Robotics ATS throwing
tracks on
> carpet. The motos on the Robotics Connection chassis are much
better, too,
> but I'm having an odd problem with driving them.
>
> To drive the wheels, I send a byte with a value from 1-127 for
forward, and
> 128 and up for reverse. This would cause different speeds using the
ATS
> chassis, but I added an external power supply on the new chassis so
that the
> motors wouldn't be using the power from the OOPic board. When I
send a value
> below 100, nothing happens. In the range of about 100-120, the
motors just
> chirp. At a value of about 120-126, one wheel budges forward very
> sluggishly, while the other barely moves. However, at 127, the
wheels are
> FLYING. So I go from nothing to almost nothing to full speed ahead.
That's
> not what I was hoping for.
>
> I suspect the low cost H-bridge, which is about as simple a
component as you
> can get, is limiting things, but I'd like some input before I drop
the cash
> on a better H-bridge. Also, I'd take some recommendations if that
IS the way
> to go.
> --
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>



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