Role of RoboClaw in robotics

In recent years of developments in the field of robotics, the role of motor controllers has drastically increased. A motor controller is a device that acts as an intermediary between your robot’s microcontrollers, cells, and motors. A motor controller is needed in order to enhance the supply of electricity because a microcontroller cannot generate enough power on its own. If you need a DC motor controller, then you have to base your decision on choosing and look after all the specifications that are required. A DC motor controller generally has two motor controllers which run independently.

What is RoboClaw?

RoboClaw is an intellectually sound motor controller designed to control two brushed DC motors at 60 Amps peak per channel; It can also be handled from various sources such as USB, RC radio, PWM, TTL serial, analog and microcontrollers such as Raspberry Pi.

RoboClaw also supports 3.3V logic levels, travel limit switches, home switches, emergency stop switches, power supplies, braking systems, and contractors. Control supplies can be used by enabling the built-in voltage clamping control feature. A built-in switching mode BEC supplies 3 Amps for powering user devices.

RoboClaw is a motor controller which is not easily available in the market. However, websites such as Basicmicro motion control which have the solution to every need that persists regarding motor controllers.

RoboClaw, being the intelligent motor controller that is, also has several protection features which include the likes of current, over voltage and under voltage limits, temperature, protection features are self-monitoring and protect RoboClaw from damage in any condition whatsoever. Many important user definable settings such as maximum current limit, maximum and minimum battery voltages are provided for more refined control.

RoboClaw's capabilities will charge a supply battery during the slow down. Its circuitry can change direction during full throttle without damage.

What are the applications of RoboClaw?

The Basicmicro motion control is not only a place to buy DC motor controllers, but also a place where you can read and learn about the various products they are selling along with their applications; there are also various forums wherein all the users can discuss the products and how they implemented them. Here is a list of applications which RoboClaw has:

• Web controlled rover: With a brain of Raspberry Pi, which uses the webpage to control the rover, the motor controller in this device is played by RoboClaw which controls the two motors which are paired in a series.
• Auto-tuning in motion studio.
• SGVHAK rover
• JPL’s open source mars rover.

There are many more applications of RoboClaw. The future of humanity is severely going to be dependent on robots and motion controllers. And the RoboClaw surely has a big duty to perform. It is already used in all the major programs across the globe, may it be rovers, automated surgeries or even in major assembly lines and factories. In the days to come, the DC motor controllers would take over the whole control of motors and along with RoboClaw, prove to be a boon to the robotics science.

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