I want to connect one motor to my speed controller, but when I do that it spins too slow. I need only one motor for our robotics competition and don’t need both motors connected to the speed controller.
Looking for a way to connect one motor and have it spin faster.
Can I attach the wiring coming off the speed controller, black to black and red to red from each of the motor connections on the speed controller then bring that to a single motor? Not sure that makes sense??
The problem is that I need more speed from the motor and it spins slowly when I connect only a single motor, as soon as I connect two motors its fine…but again I only need one motor and speed.
Can you tell us how did you setup the DIP switches?
i think the first switch is important here.
Mixing Mode: With switch 1 in the UP position, the controller is in mixed mode. In this mode the signal
sent to the FWD channel controls the forward/back motion of both motors, while the Turn channel
controls the difference in speed between the two motors. Switch 1 in the DOWN position (shown) allows
control of the motors independently.
I haven’t touched the DIP switches, right now they are in default position which is all up.
I can flip 1 down, but I didn’t do anything because I didn’t want to ruin any components.
I’ve tried switching the 1st DIP switch down and I am able to control a single motor this way, but the motor spins at half its speed.
I just need more speed from the motor at this point. Is this happening because the speed controller is only allocating 50% of the power to the single motor now?
Correct wiring is M1A+M1B connect to one motor and M2A and M2B to the other motor.
Can I join the M1A to the M2A and M1B to M2B wires then connect to a single motor? Wondering if anyone has tried this to see if full power is given to a single motor?
