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Subject: 
RE: different output power at different ports?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab
Date: 
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:14:32 GMT
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This might be a dumb question, but are we talking actual
different voltage levels, or different PWM duty ratios? Have
you ensured that you have set (from code) the power levels of
all the ports to be the same?

Without any precious hardware verification, this is what I did:
- symptom: motor C was not able to make turn as well as motor A can
- troubleshooting steps:
  a) to ensure even load on both motor ports, I removed all other
attachments, and left the robot to a simple tankbot with a single light
sensor to follow slight curves in order to make it easier to visualize the
difference.
  b) at program level, both are set to be the same power level, of course.
  c) interchange motors between port A and C, same symptom, so the problem
is not the motor itself
  d) change fresh batteries, drain the firmware, redownload the firmware,
same symptom

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  RE: different output power at different ports?
 
Sorry... I meant "precise hardware verification" not precious. I do not the equipment to measure them. Any suggestion, other than getting extra hardware like a power analyzer, for trouble shooting? Trouble shooting is always (well, almost always) (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
  Re: different output power at different ports?
 
(...) Okay - did you try a simple program going in a straight line, and check how much it veered after a few meters? Unfortunately - it does not sound an entirely unlikely problem - if there are variations between the h-bridges (general (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)

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  Re: different output power at different ports?
 
(...) This might be a dumb question, but are we talking actual different voltage levels, or different PWM duty ratios? Have you ensured that you have set (from code) the power levels of all the ports to be the same? How have you observed the (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)

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