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ESP8266 Robotics Projects

You're reading from   ESP8266 Robotics Projects DIY Wi-Fi controlled robots

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788474610
Length 210 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pradeeka Seneviratne Pradeeka Seneviratne
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Ready FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266 3. Using Encoders 4. Building a Mini Round Robot with the Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 5. Line-Following Zumo Robot 6. Building an ESP8266 Robot Controller 7. Building a Gripper Robot 8. Photo Rover Robot

Using Encoders

In this chapter, you will learn how to modify the Mini 3-Layer Round Robot you built in Chapter 2, Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266, by connecting wheel encoders with the motor shaft (not the output shaft) of the DC gear motor to measure the distance traveled and the average speed of the robot chassis.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:

  • About the SparkFun wheel encoder
  • Connecting the wheel encoders to DC gear motors
  • Building a Blynk app to display distance traveled and average speed with the Labeled Value widget
  • Reading the pulses generated by the two wheel encoders
  • Calculating the distance traveled
  • Calculating the average speed
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