Machinekit + PocketBeagle is good combo if you are looking for something running Linux.
Chris Albertson writes: > Of course. Write a PID based control loop and put it an something > like an Arduino. I've done this a few times the control the wheels of > a mobile robot. > > The details depend on the interfaces to botkhthe motoring the higher > level control > > > As for higher level control... Is it a human using a joystick or some > kind of automation that does the same thing repetivity or must the > device interact with the environment some how. Perhaps opening a for > as a person approaches. > > Then I have to ask what kind of hardware driver you have. Some > drivers do most of the work for you. These might take a > step/direction pulse, r have an analog input. But other drivers are > just an H-Bridge and raw encoder signals. This is the kind of > serves I use. I end u using a small micro controler (Arduino or > ARM-M) and relaying on a PID library. > > In ant case most of your effort will be spent in the interfaces not > the actual PID control loop as that is just a few calls to a PID > library > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Marius Liebenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all >> I have to put together a system that will use one servo to drive a small >> platform over a distance of 6m at a speed of about 25km/h or 8m/s or there >> about. >> >> I feel that using a full computer and mesa card for just one axis that does >> not need a display sounds a bit excessive. The question is what are the >> other options if any. >> >> >> >> ----------------------------- >> Regards / Groete >> >> Marius D. Liebenberg >> +27 82 698 3251 >> +27 12 743 6064 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Alexander Rössler HMI Expert at Rössler Systems Tel: +43 680 1348338 Web: https://roessler.systems Blog: https://machinekoder.com [email protected] Lebnergasse 1/7/7 1210 Wien - Austria ATU72251528 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
