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Open Panzer Help & Info => Open Panzer Help => Topic started by: johnnyvd on January 27, 2018, 11:04:25 AM

Title: Pololu Dual VNH5019 usable?
Post by: johnnyvd on January 27, 2018, 11:04:25 AM

Hi Luke,

Just found this: https://nodna.de/Pololu-Dual-VNH5019-Motor-Driver-Shield-fr-Arduino-12A is it usable as a drive unit for the TCB?
Did anyone use it?

Cheers, John

Title: Re: Pololu Dual VNH5019 usable?
Post by: LukeZ on January 29, 2018, 05:13:26 PM

Actually that will not work, to use Pololu's terminology that is a "driver" and not a controller. It does not accept serial or any other kind of commands, you actually have to provide the literal direction signals and PWM, etc... It would work for a custom build like what Sergey has done (http://openpanzer.org/forum/index.php?topic=100.0) but it will not work with a stock TCB.

The equivalent Pololu "controller" that will work is the 2s12v10 (https://nodna.de/Qik-2s12v10-Dual-Serial-Motor-Controller) (that's the link at your store, for US customers just order directly from Pololu).

Title: Re: Pololu Dual VNH5019 usable?
Post by: johnnyvd on February 01, 2018, 03:57:41 PM

Allright. Thanks Luke! My bad.. Drivers need controllers, as Drivers are simply amplifiers and do not play the music so to say..