Controlling a motor with the bot board 2

Lynxmotion Electronics & Software
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Hi I did a fair bit of researching into this before I decided to make this post. My project is basically going to be conveyor belt system with AL5D arms picking and placing whatever is on the belt.

My main question is this. Would I be able to control one motor with the bot board 2 BAP combo by substituting it as a servo control pulse? I do not have much resources available and may not be able to order the sabertooth motor controllers and is why I’m asking.

The motor needs to be able controlled to go to certain points and then return back to an end location.

Also, the motor has been taken out of a RYOBI cordless drill, and has a PWM circuit attached to the trigger. Would It be better to reverse engineer that or would the BB/BAP be able to handle it as a servo control pulse?

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What all is in the RYOBI circuit?

Probably a POT connected to the trigger, which controls the PWM control sent to the RYOBI motor controller.

Can you identify these components in the RYOBI? Do you know electronics?

Do you know what PWM frequency is being used?

The BB II can generate PWM for DC servo motors (as I recall, check AtomBasic manual). This is not R/C PWM signal.

You might have a chance…

Alan KM6VV

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I do know electronics, however I do not know what the PWM frequency is.

I will find out that on Monday. I’ll also check out the Basic Atom manual about that. Thanks.