Ok, I have the mechanical part of the Sally robot put together. I will start off with the power. I have a +5vdc regulator going to the |+12vdc in. I am getting +5 volts out of it. I know that is a little extreme, but it is working. I have a 7.5vdc available to the solenoids. and a }+12dc voltage available to the LED eyes. And, I have a +12vdc charger hooked up to the batteries. I am taking it slow a step at a time. I have a PIR detector and a GAS detector also some Ultrasonic and IR on a sweep setup. Right now, I am running on my desktop, but I hope to graduate to my notebook Acer ONE. It is pretty slow, but that is all I have right now. It is running on a V4 of the EZB.

I will let you know when the next step is completed.

Everything is Looking Up on Sally. I now have the H-bridge connected.

I have ONE little problem. When I say Forward, she goes in reverse.

When I say Reverse, she goes forward.

Here are my settings: (See below)

Thanks in Advance!

:-)

Reverse d2 and d1. Then reverse d3 and d4. That will make it run forwards when you press forwards.

What fun! I'll keep watching.

Ok, I have almost finished the rebuild on Sally. Most of my stuff is working fine except the H-Bridge. I had it at one point where the machine was turning Left properly and Right Properly but going reverse when you hit forward and Forward when you hit reverse. But, once I finished all my stuff up to this point,It wasn't working right again.

I am going to try to work on it pretty much all day Thursday. I will begin at 4AM Thu.

Thanks for all of your help!

Mel :-)

You go girl! Go Sally!

OK, I took a break and then now I am back.

sorry, I posted in the wrong place.

Here is my status.
Now, everything is working but my h-bridges. I even swapped out the h-bridge for a new one. I will tell you how I have it wired:

Left PWR ENable = D0 Left A = D1 Left B = D2

Right A = D3 Right B = D4 Right PWR enable = D5

my Forward goes FWD with a curve. my Reverse goes RVS with a curve.

My Left and right are sort of screwed up. but they DO work. I hooked up through a custom Movement Panel and I have two sliders to adjust. I am in such a small place that it is hard to have room to test. But, I figured if I could just get them working it would be nice.

anyway, that is where I am.

The curve is caused by a motor running too fast. If it curves right when moving forward, you need to slow down the servo on the left with the slider. If it turns left, you need to slow down the right side motor.