[wiimote-762302.jpg] FireTracker_0.zip (1185Bytes) The wiimote is a really cool controller to use with your robots. It has many buttons, accelerometers and even a camera which tells the coordinates of the four principal IR emitters that it sees. There are many examples of appl…

I like it! I am testing the Wii nunchuck, but i must say that the wiimote is really cool! wireless with a good skin. I used it at school, it is not very hard to obtain great results! I am improving my robot ( https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/node/23509 ) and I am still hav…

I got them when I I got them when I participated in a event organizated by the University of Minho called RoboParty, two years ago, where I built this robot . The motors are from MODELCRAFT and their specifications are: Operating voltage: 12V/DC Speed under load: 174rpm Max. gea…

thank you for your quick thank you for your quick answer! but 55€ is a bit too expensive for me, and I will need 2 H-bridge too. Maybe I will try to adapt 2 motors from drills… still searching! ^^

You’re welcome! Yes, I know, I think I’ll never buy things from that shop. That’s what I’m planning to do, too. I’m waiting for this board to arrive to control the two drills motors from my tank . The drills where 30€, the board 6€ and the components about 18€ (shipping not incl…

I found one I can’t create my own printed circuits so cheap as you, so I found this: http://www.solarbotics.com/products/k_cmd/ two H-bridges with protection, with a 5V regulator ( maybe it will power my arduino and my servos if I need to), for about 27$ (20€?) shipping include…

I think you can… DON’T BUY it before you buy and test the drills. My motors can pull up to 8A, I think that board can only handle up to 4A. That’s why I decided to design it myself. My is made by this shop , I think they make pcbs for around 0,10€ for cm2.

argh 8A ?! whoa, hum, I thought the batteries were not able to supply so much current… and I was wrong! so back to the start ^^ I will take a closer look to your PCB… But I think that mechanics is the really most expensive part of the robotics!

Why don’t you buy the drills Why don’t you buy the drills and see how much they pull? That’s what I did… PS: The guy form that shop says that the shipment of 100g to France should be around 3€.

Yes, it would be probably Yes, it would be probably the best way, but I just wanted to ensure that drill motors can be used, for cheap driving components. But I guess I just have to “jump” ^^ . Just a question, why do you use so much pin IC socket? I thought that 3 or 4 per moto…

Sorry I’m sorry, but I can’t understand your question :S. Could you explain it better?

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ok, I made a mistake, no

ok, I made a mistake, no problem. Today I will go to my favorite electronic components seller see how much I have to pay for all of this, and I think I understand the way it works ^^