Making progress on V2 Ipilot./foot control circuit...

All parts for circuit arrived and I soldered and then verified the circuit. All works fine. I also verified the locked rotor current (stall current) for the V2 steering motor. It stalls at 1.25 amps. My motor direction drive circuit can handle the stall current if it happens to stall. Tomorrow, I will finish wiring and give it a dry run in the lab. Should work just fine. I am having to work around the connector problem.

You guys wanting one of these circuits need to be looking for some MK connectors. Need 2 female and 1 male for easy install. I haven't found any, but I ain't looking too hard.

I should have the circuit wired in and functional tomorrow evening. Again, the big problem will be the connectors. I haven't found a good "work around" just yet.

hope it works and i could figure it out,i bought the ipilot when you first posted what u were doing but haven`t installed it yet because i don`t know if i could do without my footpedal.thanks for all you do helping others on the board

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Originally Posted by blueball

hope it works and i could figure it out,i bought the ipilot when you first posted what u were doing but haven`t installed it yet because i don`t know if i could do without my footpedal.thanks for all you do helping others on the board

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I am close by.:)

thanks i may need help,if i can`t do it

Thanks for the update, appreciate your hard work very much and looking forward to hopefully having one of these here gadgets :D


maachuu

Stall current 1.2 amps???? Did you leave a digit off? Or is that what your circuit is seeing?

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Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

Stall current 1.2 amps???? Did you leave a digit off? Or is that what your circuit is seeing?

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Naw. It is a small motor used for steering.

Here is the motor Bill. I hooked directly to a 12v supply and measured the current. The motor is only about 2 1/2 inch long. Lots of gearing in the housing as this motor is probably about a 6000 rpm with no load.