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Re: "Servo" Driver for NQC
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date: 
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:02:15 GMT
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"Matthias Jetleb" <Jetleb@Netcom.ca> wrote in message
news:3c5763f6.19596939@www.lugnet.com...

Well I haven't seen your version of the Project-X design, but I'll
assume it's similar (albeit vastly inferior) to the one I'm entering.

Ooooooooo, someone else is actually NOT doing a gantry? ;)

I'm assuming that for the sake of speed, you are keeping moving mass
to a minimum and hence, not loading the motors very much. The problem

The mass is at a minumum, but due to the size fo the robot to get the
required work envelope, unfortunatley it does seem like it requires quite a
bit of beef to get the thing torkin'.

engines around. This system works very well, but the frequency must be
fairly high. If you slow the frequency down considerably you get
exactly what you described - jerky on-off motion. I'm somewhat of the

I agree, I think if i could deal with 1/1000 sec. units instead of 1/100, I
wouldn't have this problem. In fact, Derek Raycraft exhibited beautiful
motor control using leJOS a few dinners ago.

opinion that the NQC doesn't allow you to toggle the power fast enough
to make the motion smooth. The 50% duty cycle you describe would work
if the frequency were higher. I've been giving serious consideration
to using assembler to program the RCX in order to give me the control
over the output's frequency and duty cycle that I require. The bottom
line is, I'm having the same problem as you are.

It is very relieving to know that that is the case! I thought I was alone.
Maybe I could contract Derek and his super-savvy leJOS skills to program my
robot driver for me? :) Ooooo, yes, I could just see it now. RCX 1 runs
leJOS, as the driver for the robot. RCX 2 controls the aux. functions, and
contains the logic to drive the PuzzleSolver, AND IT RUNS NQC.
Cross-platform communication! :)

    Iain



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(...) Well I haven't seen your version of the Project-X design, but I'll assume it's similar (albeit vastly inferior) to the one I'm entering. I'm assuming that for the sake of speed, you are keeping moving mass to a minimum and hence, not loading (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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