4WD1, 2, and 3 are discontinued

Lynxmotion Rovers, Sumo, and Tracked
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Sounds great!

If you don’t mind me asking, in the first post… Is that the new 4WD2 pictured? Or the 6WD prototype?

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The image in the original post is the A4WD1. It’s replacing the 4WD1,2 and 3. We may make an articulating version (4WD2) as well. Because it has 4 wheels it can’t be a 6WD prototype. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Thats what I was wondering… I was reading about a 6WD prototype, but only saw 4 wheel so it confused me.

Looks good though :slight_smile: Keep it up!

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The handyman’s secret weapon! lol :smiley:

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Keep your stick on the ice. :wink:

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Seems like im not too addicted to ducttape for some reason :open_mouth: ?

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Go watch more red green!

P.S. You are Canadian right?

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lol, note the location, under number of posts :wink:

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:laughing:

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Jim,
Any chance there will be a version offered without motors? I already have some motors w/ encoders I want to use…

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I think it would be a good idea to have a kit + electronics and also just a body kit for those who want to use their own motors and electronics.

just my 0.02 8)

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We will try to do so. Maybe part of the SES…

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That’s a good idea! :smiley:

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That is a good idea since a lot of members reuse parts form other projects that are usable with new stuff from Lynxmotion (Lynx Compatible) :laughing:

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I merely got the idea seeing how the metal front and back plates are aluminum that have universal SES mounting holes. :smiley:

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Hi Jim,

Have you been able to make any progress on the 6WD Rover yet?

Have a great Holiday!

Regards,
TCIII

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No I’m sorry, I haven’t. I’m still putting everything together needed to get this new rover design on the website. I’m waiting on one last thing on Sep. 9th, then everything will be in place to release the 4wd version soon thereafter. Then I will finally be able to work on 6wd versions.

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… :unamused: soo… how long to we have to wait to order the new hotness?
And will they use the same encoder friendly motor (GHM-04) ?

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Sigh… I was off one day. I just received the parts this morning… :frowning: It’s going to be a little longer. We got a great deal of work done on it on Friday.

The main kits will use a new motor. 12vdc, strong, fast, and has a built in encoder. The raw chassis parts will also be available for use with almost any of our gear head motors.

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I had a question about the GHM-15 (I’m assuming that’s what the new 4WD will use) but when the spec says 12 ‘pulses’ does that mean 12 pulses on each channel or 12 full cycles when you consider both channels, or 12 state changes… or… Do you have a spec for the encoder by any chance? Just looking for some clarification… :blush:

I do like the sound of 12 pulses (however they are measured) when you toss in the 30:1 reduction… comes out nice and even :wink: The reason I ask about the specific wave form is that the AVR board I am using only has two interrupt pins left for quadrature (tons of GPIO so sampling B channel on the rising edge of A isn’t a problem), and I need enough resolution to do PI speed control for each side… And only using one interrupt cuts your resolution by half… :confused: