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Pololu Dual Serial Motor Controller

I managed to snag a now-discontinued Pololu dual serial motor controller from eBay after seeing it recommended on the Add-Ons page. I couldn't find any sample code in the SDK for controlling it with the EZ-B so I used "Tutorial 15 - Serial Output" as the basis for a proof-of-concept controller. Here's what I came up with:


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If anyone else is interested, the project files are here: Pololu Dual Serial Motor Controller (Updated 6/12/2011)

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Great!! I'll add that to the SDK:)
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Here's a couple pics of the Pololu dual serial motor controller connecting the EZ-B to Ice's (Omnibot) drive-train. Power and serial connections are on D0 and the reset connection is on D1.


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