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Single drive moto monster clone

Discussion in 'Motor actuators and drivers' started by MikeC, Aug 2, 2018.

  1. MikeC

    MikeC MikeC Gold Contributor

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    Hi,
    Just wanted to share my experience with single motor drive clones. I really only got involved with these because it was a cheap way of getting into this hardware but I must confess they have turned out to be quite useful (and three out of three working, so far!).

    The part I'm talking about is this:
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    Typically when you put any load through them, they smoke and burn one of the tracks on the back. It's actually quite easy to fix the issue.
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    Simply scrape off a bit of the mask on each end of that track

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    and strap a piece of copper wire.

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    Finish off soldering the header pins and adding power and output cables.

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    I've added a Raspberry Pi heatsink which kind of keeps things cool but you need quite a powerful fan over it.
    The unit is in a 2dof platform that I'm in the middle of testing and setting up. The units work just fine and there's a bit of flexibility in being able to control each motor independently. Happy days!

    Mike
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  2. qbahuon

    qbahuon New Member

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    Hi, how did you used the pins of this one ? i just bought one, but i don't find equivalent pins compared to the double model.
    thanks
    qbahuon, Jul 22, 2019
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  3. MikeC

    MikeC MikeC Gold Contributor

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    Hi Quentin,

    Here are the pin-outs: With the Power Pins at the top and with the component side up, the pins will be on the left of the board:
    Pin 1 = PMW
    Pin 2 = InB
    Pin 3 = InA
    Pin 4 = CS
    Pin 5 = EN
    Pin 6 = GND
    Pin 7 = +5V

    See image.
    Regards Mike

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    MikeC, Jul 22, 2019
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