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Python Robotics Projects

You're reading from   Python Robotics Projects Build smart and collaborative robots using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788832922
Length 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Prof. Diwakar Vaish Prof. Diwakar Vaish
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Preface 1. Robotics 101 2. Using GPIOs as Input FREE CHAPTER 3. Making a Gardener Robot 4. Basics of Motors 5. Making a Pet Feeding Robot 6. Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car 7. Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance 8. Making Your Own Area Scanner 9. Vision Processing 10. Making a Guard Robot 11. Basic Switching 12. Recognizing Humans with Jarvis 13. Making Jarvis IoT Enabled 14. Giving Voice to Jarvis 15. Gesture Recognition 16. Machine Learning 17. Gesture-Controlled Robotic Vehicle 18. Making a Robotic Arm 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Changing the speed 

Now that we have understood how to change the direction of the motor using the motor driver, it's time to take it a step further and control the speed of the motor using the motor driver. To do this, we don't really have to do much. The motor drivers are built to understand the PWM signals. Once the PWM signal to the motor driver is provided, then the motor driver in turn adjusts the output voltage for the motor and hence changes the speed of the motor driver. The PWM has to be provided on the same input ports IN 1 and IN 2 for motor A, and IN 3 and IN 4 for motor B. It is obvious that the pin on which the PWM is provided will decide the direction in which the motor will move, and the duty cycle of the PWM will decide the speed at which the motor will be spinning. 

Now we have understood how speed control in motor driver works. It's...

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