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HW-130 motor control with leonardo board?

Discussion in 'Motor actuators and drivers' started by Seth Miller, Jul 21, 2023.

  1. Seth Miller

    Seth Miller New Member

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    I have this motor controller but can’t find any thing about it? Can I use this with the leonardo board and send sketches just the same as others that look like it? Anyone know anything about it?
    Planned setup is 2 24v wheelchair motors running 24v.

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    Seth Miller, Jul 21, 2023
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  2. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    I don't recall anyone using a HW-130 motor controller, from the picture it looks like it is made for servos and steppers, is that hobby or industrial grade, what are the full specs of the HW-130 motor controller?
    noorbeast, Jul 22, 2023
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  3. Seth Miller

    Seth Miller New Member

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    Honeslty I have no idea. I bought to use for vibration motors but then just slapped an old surround sound system in
    Seth Miller, Jul 22, 2023
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  4. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    My guess would be that the motor controller would likely be suitable for wind simulation and vibration motors, but, depending on actual specs, may not stand up to driving high demand DC motors in fast reversals as is the case with motion simulators.

    So, perhaps put these control boards aside for associated peripherals and go with tried and tested motor drivers for a motion rig, which has the additional benefit of easily accessible existing control code and configuration for moion: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/arduino-code-for-use-with-various-hardware-and-simtools.31/
    noorbeast, Jul 22, 2023
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