Tutorial Monster Moto Shield acts as a single motor driver = more power!

Seems a faulty unit. GND and +5v have some conection in between. The 2nd unit I've bought doesnt. Testing...

Woaah got it working.

Voltmeter test sucessfull on my last mm with the RC battery.

Then connections with PSU and big motor worked fine.

Using same config that with the 5019, seems to return and brake better with mm. more power out of the box. Now time to raise Kp and PWMmax(120)


Thanks Guys!! and specially @Pit for sharing and trying it.

PS: my wiring ( hope to be clear to see )

Glad that it works for you, nice

PWMmax 120 is very low, but for testing with OK. As I can see in your photos your coolers are very small, so take care and use big and fast fans!

Yes, Kp200 and PWMmax 120 was the config that llowed me to run the pololu. I need to raise it I can slow the speed with my hand with it.

Those coolers arrived WITH the mm I of course want bigger ones. Have you any ebay link to proper ones? Better 1 rectangular or 2 squares?

I use 1x Sharkoon Shark blades 120mm fan on it. yellow ^^

I also have an unused AMD 8350 stock heatsink and fan.

Thanks pit

There are many...nice to have: http://www.zalman.com/eng/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=136 Use separate coolers for each chip like you did it. They are not plan to each other.

Got these ones!!

http://www.ct-systemen.nl/product_i...cts_id=3175&osCsid=60uddodknsjm11es75hqkvpr74

After seeing yours, i went away to check all stores near me, found that in the last one, the one closest home :S 4.5 €, 8 units

You can open them as you want, they are moddable. I think this is the best heatsink i've seen here, I will show you. Its like a passive CPU cooler on the mm. Installed 3 units, opened them, and took a nice photo. You are going to love it.

My syster took the camera away before I could download the photos haha
Like it??

guys this thread got long... at the end... does any body posted a working wiring diagram of two monster motor drivers connected to two different motors and to a single arduino?? (i would like to use the ruffus dufus code)

if so, could anybody give me the link?

best regards

fer

@ferslash
Arduino -------- Monster Moto 1
2 (Motor 1 H-Bridge ENA) ---------------7 and 8 (INA1 and INB1)
3 (Motor 1 H-Bridge ENB)----------------4 and 9 (INA2 and INB2)
9 (Motor 1 PWM) --------------------------5 and 6 (PWM1 and PWM2)

Arduino -------- Monster Moto 2
4 (Motor 2 H-Bridge ENA) ---------------7 and 8 (INA1 and INB1)
5 (Motor 2 H-Bridge ENB)----------------4 and 9 (INA2 and INB2)
10 (Motor 2 PWM) --------------------------5 and 6 (PWM1 and PWM2)

You have to connect +5V and GND from both Moto Monsters to Arduino too.
I have connected Moto Monsters using this tutorial and it works really well. You might have to use lower PWMMax and Kp values than suggested in SMC3Utility because this doubles the power output.

@Jymä your diagram is correct, thanks. It is equivalent to the SMC3 diagram:

Code:

//                    +----+              +------+
//                  +-|PWR |--------------| USB  |-----+
//                  | |    |              |      |     |
//                  | +----+              +------+    o|
//                  |                                 o|
//                  |                                 o|AREF
//                  |                                 o|GND
//                NC|o                                o|13    TTL (software) Serial
//             IOREF|o  +----+                        o|12    TTL (software) Serial
//             RESET|o  |    |                        o|11~  PWM Motor 3
//              3.3V|o  |    |                        o|10~  PWM Motor 2
//                5V|o  |    |    Arduino             o|9~    PWM Motor 1
//               GND|o  |    |      UNO               o|8
//               GND|o  |    |                         |
//               VIN|o  |    |                        o|7      Motor 3 ENB
//                  |   |    |                        o|6~    Motor 3 ENA
//   Motor 1 Pot  A0|o  |    |                        o|5~    Motor 2 ENB
//   Motor 2 Pot  A1|o  |    |                        o|4      Motor 2 ENA
//   Motor 3 Pot  A2|o  |    |                        o|3~    Motor 1 ENB
//                A3|o  |    |                        o|2      Motor 1 ENA
//                A4|o  |    |                        o|1
//                A5|o  +-/\-+                        o|0
//                  +-\                      /---------+
//                     \--------------------/

The SMC3 code can access up to 3 motors, so the last motor have to be wired as follows:
Arduino -------- Monster Moto 3
6 (Motor 2 H-Bridge ENA) ---------------7 and 8 (INA1 and INB1)
7 (Motor 2 H-Bridge ENB)----------------4 and 9 (INA2 and INB2)
11 (Motor 2 PWM) --------------------------5 and 6 (PWM1 and PWM2)
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I will update the first posting.

thanks @Pit and @Jymä i will use it as soon as possible.

just a question... jyma said that this set up will double the power... that means... i will double the amperage, not the voltage right?

best regards from a mexican fan

fer

it will provide more amperage if needed. Will say could be the double but did not tested it. Voltage is always the same.

Sharing my experiences: after 9 months really excessive and daily testing and "driving" at the limit of the vnh2sp30 one MM (half-bridge mode!) has been blown yesterday. RIP
BTW what exactly is the limit of the vnh2sp30 in a half-bridge mode: 25-30A continuous and up to 40-60A peak.

one more shooted Hbridge!!!

Sorry to hear of you loss @Pit! But this is a good opportunity for you to try the new SMC3 code for the sabertooth controller! I see the motormonster from sparkfun is $70. You could make a single controller out of a motormonster and use two but that would cost $140. For another $50 dollars you could instead buy a sabertooth 60x2. With that you will get automatic protection of the mosfets. However, if you do somehow manage to damage it within one year of purchase, you get a free replacement. After that replacements are stated to cost 50% of their currently listed price even though I have received free replacements even after one year’s time.

@BlazinH thank you very much for the input! The MM's are much cheaper, one sample is $13 at Aliexpress (including package fee and delivery), I ordered already 4 of them (and if one blows each year, the cost is nothing to speak of). Furthermore I want to perform an other test: two MM's parallel in half bride mode...it would be awesome if that works! An investment of 26$ and 60A continuous and 120A peak as a result! So far this will be my last experiment, after that I will switch to sabertooth (only if the MM are not working in parallel mode) ;p . BTW I am not money-minded, I am looking for the way which I am going

Hi! I have a motomonster in halfbridge i wish to connect 1 motor for one motomonster shield in double. I have see the wiring scheme. I think it's the same if I connect A1 +A2 (7,4) and B1+B2(8,9) example: my code use 7 and 8 for half bridge mode now if I connect 7 to 4 i obtain the same polarity on A1 and A2 ,also for B it's correct? Why I should prefer A1B1 polarity one and A2B2 polarity 2, scheme?

I dunno what you are trying to ask, but in any case my tests are based on the specifications of the Motomonster in combination with the SMC3 sketch.

@Pit i know this thread is with the correct information but i saw in SMC3 thread the above and marked red what is missing from here. i am refreshing my memory and came across with it and want to make things clear in my mind before any smoke i mean tests.

@insanegr you could grill a fish with your blowing MMs So it is not for nothing lol
Joke aside, this is only needed if you are using two MMs for one motor.

PS: Even then it is not needed, because you set the values on the Arduino as you would use a single channel of the MM.