Monday, January 16, 2012

Setting Up A 2 Motors Drive



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How to set up a 2 motors drive using Sabertooth Speed control.


What you need: 
(2) 12v batteries
(2) DC 12V motors
A speed control: Sabertooth 2x25
A receiver and a transmitter 
An extra battery for the receiver (You DO NOT need this if your receiver use less than 5 volts)
some wires

First, connect the motors to the speed control (sabertooth 2x25)

Next, connect the speed control to the receiver. 

And then, Connect the (2) 12V batteries to the speed control as you see above. 


Last, connect the 6V battery to the receiver. 

You should be ready to go!!!

Shoot me questions if you need to.



Monday, January 2, 2012

This was my summer 2011 project. I bought a power wheelchair from a local Thrift Store. The power wheelchair was not in a working condition, the joystick was torn up, and the two batteries were not able to hold any charges. So I took off the sit and used the frame and the motors for this project. My plan was to make it remote control instead of using the unusable joystick. So I went online and found me a Sabertooth 2x25 speed control which allowed me to be able to control it remotely with my Futaba remote controller.
After put everything together, I got what you see on the video. I know that I am being very general here. So if you have any questions about how the video, please feel free ask.