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HullPixelbot / PICO-HullPixelbot

A version of the Pixelbot firmware that runs on the Raspberry Pi PICO
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Driving non-stepper motors #2

Open marl-scot opened 3 months ago

marl-scot commented 3 months ago

Hi, Is it possible to use standard DC motors? I have tons of these laying around and would love to use them.

Thanks Marl

CrazyRobMiles commented 3 months ago

The problem with DC motors is that they are much less precise. Unless you get ones with encoders. If you fancy having a go at making a "Racing Pixelbot" you could have a go. You'll need some L298N motor drive controller boards but they aren't very expensive. You'd just need to modify the motor driving code to do some power control of the boards using analogue outputs.