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How to control a motor
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Dan Michaels email (remove spam text)
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 ;-)
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> 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
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