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by Basicmicro Support
Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minimum Logic Battery Voltage
Replies: 6
Views: 7282

Re: Minimum Logic Battery Voltage

If you have a choice between #2 and #3 use #2. You will have to supply at least 6v to LB IN in that case. One potential cause of damage is if you are running a logic 5v to the board and something glitches the 5v logic while the motors are running could cuase damage(eg the mosfet drivers control pins...
by Basicmicro Support
Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Weak voltage outputs on M1 and M2
Replies: 3
Views: 4632

Re: Weak voltage outputs on M1 and M2

We havent done any videos yet though we are planning on it. The Ion Motion software once you get into it is fairly simple. If you have any questions just let us know(call or post or email). Using encoders for speed or position control is about the most complex thing and its fairly easy to setup most...
by Basicmicro Support
Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:06 am
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: displayspeed() not reading speeds correctly
Replies: 0
Views: 4163

Re: displayspeed() not reading speeds correctly

I think you ment V5 of the hardware. We never had a V1.5 of any Roboclaw. Please confirm the firmware version. You must have the 4.1.16 or 4.1.19 version to use with the current libraries. A "failed" on a read can be caused by an invalid checksum. I suggest you try other read commands(eg g...
by Basicmicro Support
Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minimum Logic Battery Voltage
Replies: 6
Views: 7282

Re: Minimum Logic Battery Voltage

I've split your post away from that other thread. It is a significantly different problem than what was being discussed in that thread. You damaged the 5v regulator so its very likely you damaged other parts of the board. I recommend you send the board in for repair. Based on other things you said i...
by Basicmicro Support
Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Weak voltage outputs on M1 and M2
Replies: 3
Views: 4632

Re: Weak voltage outputs on M1 and M2

1. The Roboclaw is a brushed DC motor driver. It will not work with Brushless motors. Was that a typo on your part? 2. The maximum output voltage will never be 100% of the battery input voltage. Close to a 1v difference in input versus output would not be unexpected. The motor PWM will never get all...
by Basicmicro Support
Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for C# sample
Replies: 6
Views: 8368

Re: Looking for C# sample

There are no examples currently for using the Roboclaw C# library. You do need a working knowledge of using a C# dll in a .Net project. If you have specific questions about functions in the library please let me know.
by Basicmicro Support
Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Slow processing on Arduino
Replies: 3
Views: 5082

Re: Slow processing on Arduino

I dont beleive the customer every got back to us on what was causing his problem after my suggestion on narrowing down where the problem was at. If you are trying to reduce your response time on a particular application post what you are doing(include the code) and we'll try to help you out. The rea...
by Basicmicro Support
Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Roboclaw does not start wihtout usb-connedtion
Replies: 5
Views: 6637

Re: Roboclaw does not start wihtout usb-connedtion

Yes. We are working on updated documentation. A trouble shooting guide is probably goingt o be a while though. There are a couple things like the arduino communications that are easy to document that way but many problems are individually unique which makes a simple trouble shooting list hard. Thats...
by Basicmicro Support
Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Serial communication with Arduino erratic behavior.
Replies: 11
Views: 17710

Re: Serial communication with Arduino erratic behavior.

Also, use the latest arduino library. It now uses the arduinos own software serial class or hardware serial class. The latest version of the software serial class seems to work very well(good timings).
by Basicmicro Support
Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Send an Emergency Stop Command
Replies: 2
Views: 4274

Re: Send an Emergency Stop Command

Send a Duty command of 0(use the M1Duty, M2Duty or MixedDuty commands). This will turn off the PWM(and put the motor in to passive breaking mode).