2021-05-17, 07:15 PM
(2020-06-26, 05:41 PM)mattjm Wrote:(2020-06-26, 02:57 PM)rastam4n Wrote: I think you would need 360deg steering as well wouldn’t you?That would be the ultimate end goal for wider application but as a start for what I need it would just be speed control. My steering would be taken care of Seperately by the lowrance autopilot.
I love the idea of being able to take any base electric motor and give the features of the top line models especially on a diy budget.
Great idea!
Sorry about responding to an older thread. It applies to what I'm trying to do with pypilot.
mattjm: you could use any motor speed controller (big enough) to do what you need to do and just use a potentiometer to control the speed of the motor.
Sean: could a feature be added to control a speed controller like an electric throttle? Servo? Could open up options for pypilot.
I live on a lake that is no gas motors. I've been trying to figure out how to use pypilot and gps to steer and control my electric trolling motor so I can fish. It looks like with a tiller mount motor, pypilot will work out of the box without controlling the electric motor's speed. More searching to do, but I will start a thread with my build if I don't find anything.