Me encoder driver


#1

I brought a Me encoder driver and was expecting to get a driver with a TB6612 H-Bridge on it but it seems I got a different version with some other driver on it see the pic below. Does anyone have specs for this driver like max continuous amps and peak amps?? It also has 3 dip switches on it does anyone know what there for???


#2

https://www.makeblock.com/project/me-encoder-motor-driver

https://github.com/Makeblock-official/Me_EncodeDriver


#3

That’s a different module dr-roboto.

Shane - I could only find this: http://docs.makeblock.com/diy-platform/en/electronic-modules/motor-drivers/me-hp-encoder-dc-motor-driver.html, Not the same module, but the dip switches are used to set the address of the device - hope that gives you a clue.

Doesn’t answer the question of the driver though. Seems very odd, I couldn’t find anything that looked like this.


#4

I have seen that encoder driver and it takes huge amps for really big motors. The encoder that I revived in the mail must be a new model, I think it is the next generation of the Me Encoder driver but there isn’t yet any docs on it. I am hoping @tech_support will give me some specs so I know its limits


#5

Hi OutoftheBOTS,
Here is the details about Me encoder motor driver.
http://learn.makeblock.com/en/me-encoder-motor-driver/
We also have high power encoder motor driver, please check it here.
http://learn.makeblock.com/en/me-high-power-encoder-motor-driver/
Thanks.


#6

There isn’t any info about the encoder driver that I have in the link you have posted. Please check the picture in my original post at top of this thread


#7

Sorry I posted the wrong link.
Have modified it, below is the link you need.
http://learn.makeblock.com/en/me-encoder-motor-driver/
http://learn.makeblock.com/en/me-high-power-encoder-motor-driver/
Thanks.


#8

Again that isn’t the encoder driver that I have. I have this one in the picture PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURE. It has a different H-Bridge and also 3 dip switches. Can I get specs on max volts, continuous amps and peak amps and what the dip switches are for


#9

Hi OutoftheBOTS,
Sorry for the mistake.
The driver you have is V2.0, you can use the blocks here in mBlock5.


Thanks.


#10

Thanks.

You you also tell me the specs on the driver. Max continuous current and peaked current as well as max voltage.

I looked at the blocks and see that the dip switches identify which driver it is talking too. I looking at the driver it has a mega328p MCU on board. I assume ti controls all the driver and the Main boards via I2C, does the dip switches set the slave address??? Does this means up to 8 of these drivers can run be chained together on the same port??? The block only allow for selecting either port 1 or port 2, is there a reason they can’t be run fro port 3 or port 4???


#11

Hi OutoftheBOTS,
The driver V2.0 has the same parameters with the V1.0
http://learn.makeblock.com/en/me-encoder-motor-driver/
The only diffirence is that V2.0 has a DIP switch.


The port here means the motor connectors for motor on the motor driver.
image
Thanks.


#12

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