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by andre
Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2x7A motor controller: unreliable response to packet serial commands from RasPi
Replies: 3
Views: 3171

Re: 2x7A motor controller: unreliable response to packet serial commands from RasPi

Hi, thanks for the response. So, I just switched over to your pre-release Python 3 version of roboclaw.py, and it seems to have cleared up all the problems. Previously I was using this suggested change to roboclaw.py for Python 3. So I'm good for now. If problems crop up again, I'll go through your ...
by andre
Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2x7A motor controller: unreliable response to packet serial commands from RasPi
Replies: 3
Views: 3171

2x7A motor controller: unreliable response to packet serial commands from RasPi

I am using RoboClaw's Python library to drive two 2x7A's from my Raspberry Pi. But, the motors' actual movement is flakey. I've condensed the problem down to a test case, with the code below. This test case just runs all motors forward for 2 seconds, stops for two seconds, runs them backward for two...