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I've been reading around the forum and sailoog site and getting the motor controller connected is as clear as mud! from what I can gather so far I have all the parts I need. MPU_9250 IMU, raspberry pi, a motor (Octopus 1212 hydrulic pump actually) and a motor controller ( I've yet to purchase), but I'm leaning towards a Cytron 20A brushed motor controller. But what i don't see is how to connect it to the pi. the inputs just seem to be PWM, DIR and ground. what am I missing or is there a link to a good set of instructions for this part of the setup?
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you forgot the arduino nano
it goes rpi serial to arduino to motor controller to motor, dont just pick a random motor controller and ask for help with it, read thru the forum and find one thats been tested and working for others.
you will save yourself a lot of troubles.
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2019-12-16, 12:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 2019-12-16, 01:25 PM by jim321.)
nice write up, that will help many people.
i have most parts on-hand i will give it a test run.
i agree that the documentation is weak and hard to find.
is that openplotter v1.2 ?
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Yes, I installed OpenPlotter image 1.0.0 and then upgraded to 1.2.0 shortly after using the built-in upgrade tools.