Re: [EE]: How to control a motor by Dan Michaels .

Tom Handley wrote: > Dan, the Radio Shack Tank is called the "Sentinel" and has >two motors for the tracks and is around 14" long. That seems to >be the best bet for around $50. There is apparently a third motor >for the turret which you could hack for armor piercing rounds in >a Battle Bot contest ;-) > > It's suppose to be able to handle 45 deg slopes and by it's very >nature, should have more torque at the low end. It uses 6V (for the >motor I presume) and 9V. > Hi Tom, I was looking at that tank. Sounds about ideal for what I am after - really want something "slow" and torque-y. I suspect you can steer it quite nicely using variable control on the motors. Take off the turret, and have a nice flat platform for electronics. COuld use the turret motor for panning a small CCD cam - or more likely a light sensor for homing/recharge. Since this will be autonomous, I already thought about having a chain of lights around the house, flashing at different frequencies - slower=farther from homebase - to help it find its way back home. In your case, you might want to mount a laser or acetylene cannon ball launcher in the cannon tube. I figure I could mount a piezo and use some squawks to scare the neighbor's cat - not hard to do. [after the snow here melts, it can patrol the back yard and keep the cat from chasing my pet squirrels - hmmm, pattern recognition]. best regards, - Dan Michaels Oricom Technologies http://www.users.uswest.net/~oricom =================================== -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics