Complete wiring of Control Units/Motors

hmartiro / project-thesis

xJüs, the hexapodal robot with a passive-backbone to improve behavior over harsh terrain.

4 stars 2 forks source link

Complete wiring of Control Units/Motors #76

Closed PayneTrain closed 11 years ago

PayneTrain commented 11 years ago

Attempt to have robot operational by Friday (not likely), but definitely have it fully wired and operational by Saturday so that programming can commence. Order any non-essential wire parts (connectors, shields, etc) by Friday so they can be installed early next week.

PayneTrain commented 11 years ago

PWR wiring completed and tested with battery - all nodes "blink green" @ 25V and .25A

Temp switch installed
An extra ~3inches of wire was left on all connections, which will be shortened when middle plate is replaced and a permanent fusebox is used. -Thinking of replacing ground with one vertical ground terminal bolt which will save space/wire

Tomorrow(Sun)

Install and test CAN (Temp CAN board as small one is not here yet)
Splice EPOS cable and connect with PWR tabs -Tune all nodes using EPOS so its ready for Python control

PayneTrain commented 11 years ago

CAN Installed, ribbon cable spliced, updating EPOS Studio to v2 (From 1.5) in order to perform tuning since a new version of software, 2124h was released and must be installed in order to use the new nodes. Will complete tuning after dinner.

PayneTrain commented 11 years ago

Went 5/6 on tuning over the CAN line. Only problem is Node 5, the tab broke off the motor, so I need to remove the motor from it's mount [the way it is currently mounted it can't be reached] and inset a new wire into the motor. Can't do this right now because the MAE lab is locked and I need the Allen wrenches....Anyway, will store xjus in ELE lab for tonight and return tomorrow afternoon to fix that motor connection.

PayneTrain commented 11 years ago

Completed. xJus Stands!