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Tutorial SMC3 Arduino 3DOF Motor Driver and Windows Utilities

Discussion in 'SimTools compatible interfaces' started by RufusDufus, Dec 1, 2013.

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  1. Grigory

    Grigory Active Member Gold Contributor

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    I believe at least two reads will be required. My feeling is that something (transistor gate at analog input?) needs time to properly charge and sending multiple reads provides this time.

    Here it is: SMC3 with MODE 4 added to support Sabertooth packet serial (I marked my changes with "//GB:" - "//:GB" tags) and regular unmodified Sabertooth library.

    Attached Files:

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    Grigory, Oct 10, 2016
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  2. outrunner

    outrunner Run to get the race leader flag!

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  3. RufusDufus

    RufusDufus Well-Known Member

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    Nice work, the Sabretooth drivers seem to be growing in popularity.
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    RufusDufus, Oct 11, 2016
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  4. outrunner

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    @RufusDufus,

    could you please confirm that the input declarations I posted at #1057 could be used for a 2DOF setup? The goal is to simplify the connection between arduino and MM via piggybacking of the two

    thanx!
    outrunner, Oct 11, 2016
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  5. RufusDufus

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    @outrunner, I don't think it will be as straight forward as that. I had to bypass standard arduino libraries in a number of places and changing pins may affect other timers and things - it's been a while since I looked closely at the code though.

    You're welcome to give it a try though - it will either work or it won't.

    EDIT: To answer your question in post 1057 why it wasn't written to work as piggy back - simply because the MM wasn't the first driver it was developed for so it was just configured to use the pins already setup for other drivers. :)
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    RufusDufus, Oct 11, 2016
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  6. outrunner

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    That makes sense now ;)
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    outrunner, Oct 11, 2016
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  7. luky_90

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    hello guys, I put those two videos made smc3utility, I would like to know from you what would you change these settings or if all goes well.



    luky_90, Oct 15, 2016
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  8. Meawto

    Meawto Sorry for bad English ;'(

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    i has replace my potentiometers with new hall effect pot. and i have some problem to make it reverse. i have change the motor wire (from monster shield to motor) but it still move incorrectly, did it can change some code for make it reverse ? @RufusDufus
    Meawto, Oct 15, 2016
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  9. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    @Meawto Swap pos and neg at the motor.
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    bruce stephen, Oct 16, 2016
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  10. RufusDufus

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    @luky_90 increase the PWMmax as far as you can until green line follows blue line as close as possible... as long as motor and driver can handle without overheating.
    RufusDufus, Oct 16, 2016
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  11. Meawto

    Meawto Sorry for bad English ;'(

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    which wire i should swap ? i've swaped + ,- from monster shield to motor but not the wire from PSU but it's not working, this is corect ?

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    Meawto, Oct 16, 2016
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    What you have done is so far correct and it should have changed the direction of the motor. Don't! swap the PSU connections to the Monster shield. Do you have 5V and ground going to the right pins on the hall effect pot, it won't work if they are incorrect?
    SeatTime, Oct 16, 2016
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  13. Meawto

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    i have change my new UNO and its work now.thanks for imformation :)
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    Meawto, Oct 16, 2016
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    i dont know what its happen but when i change to hall effect it has many problem.
    Meawto, Oct 17, 2016
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  16. Meawto

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    i cant find how to use SMC3 Utility to monitor with 2nd PC. any guys has link to it ?? :)
    Meawto, Oct 17, 2016
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  17. George Dobransky

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    Hi All!

    Can anybody send me the correct Simtools interface setup for the current version of smc3?
    Or any link where I can download the presets for simtools?

    Thanx,
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    George Dobransky, Oct 24, 2016
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  18. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    Simtools Setup

    Setup for Simtools is very straight forward:

    [A<Axis1>][B<Axis2>][C<Axis3>]

    Set for 10bit binary output

    Baud rate 500000 , N , 8 , 1 (10ms delay)
    bruce stephen, Oct 24, 2016
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  19. George Dobransky

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    Bruce,

    Thanx for the answer. Like this?:

    [​IMG]

    Do I need Startup/Shutdown Output?

    Thanx for answer,
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    George Dobransky, Oct 24, 2016
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  20. bruce stephen

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    That looks correct to me. As long as you have the proper com port it should be good.:thumbs
    bruce stephen, Oct 24, 2016
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