[size=2]Hi I have a 36v 200a single direction motor controller that uses a 5v 3 wire pot to control it. I have been looking for an interface board so I can control it by R/C, but have not been able to find one. Could the motor output from a CYTRON-132 controller work to control the original controller? It only needs to run in one direction and vary from 0v-5v using the full travel of the joy stick. Thanks [/size]
Hi,
Let us rephrase your question so we are certain we understand properly your situation.
You are using a motor controller with one channel (200 A, 36 V DC). It has an input to control it that expect a 0-5 V DC analog value (proportional to speed?).
You wish to somehow convert a signal from a RC receiver into a proper analog output for your motor controller.
If the above is correct, then you can simply use any simple microcontroller board, such as an Arduino-compatible microcontroller board. On the Lynxmotion GitHub, we have an example using the BotBoarduino that basically takes in a RC control signal (like the ones coming out of an RC receiver, such as this one) and converts it to an analog output (0-5 V DC).
You can change the RC pulse min/max here (we recommend you use a range of 1000-2000 µs) and the output voltage min/max here (default values are 0-VCC, which is usually 5 V DC on most Arduino boards, such as the BotBoarduino). The example code also outputs to the serial port (baud rate = 9600) at every step, so you can open the Serial Monitor and receive data of the conversions live to monitor if it does what you expect.
If we misunderstood your request, please provide us more details so we can offer better advice.
Sincerely,
Hi
Your rephrase is correct. Not being a person of computer knowledge I had no idea what to look for or where.
Thanks for your help.