Wiki source code of 06 - Setup
Version 10.1 by Eric Nantel on 2021/12/20 13:41
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12 | |(% colspan="4" %)**1. Set the Sabertooth DIP Switches for your needs** | ||
13 | |(% style="width:35px" %) |(% style="text-align:center; width:350px" %)Sabertooth 2 x 12A Standard|(% style="width:35px" %) |(% style="text-align:center" %)Typical Setup | ||
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5.1 | 14 | | |(% colspan="1" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:Sabertooth-2x12-DIP-Mecanum.png]]|(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)1|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)OFF (Enable RC Mode) |
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1.1 | 15 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)2|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)ON (Enable RC Mode) |
16 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)3|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)OFF (Lithium Battery Mode) | ||
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6.1 | 17 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)4|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)OFF ( Enable Independent Mode) |
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1.1 | 18 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)5|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)ON (Disable Exponential) |
19 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)6|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)OFF (Disable Timeout) | ||
20 | | |(% colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle" %)[[Sabertooth 2x12 - Dip Switch Wizard>>https://www.dimensionengineering.com/datasheets/SabertoothDIPWizard/start.htm]] | ||
21 | | |(% colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle" %)[[Sabertooth 2x12 - User Guide>>https://www.dimensionengineering.com/datasheets/Sabertooth2x12.pdf]] | ||
22 | |(% colspan="4" %)**2. Connect the Sabertooth to your Microcontroller** | ||
23 | | |(% colspan="1" rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %){{lightbox image="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/rover-kits/a4wd3-wheeled/a4wd3-wheeled-quickstart/a4wd3-wheeled-setup/WebHome/BBU-01-to-Sabertooth.png"/}}|(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png" height="18" width="18"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)__Jumper on "VS"__ to use the Sabertooth as the power source for the BotBoarduino | ||
24 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)__No Jumper__ to isolate the middle row and avoid conflicts | ||
25 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)Ground or 0V | ||
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10.1 | 26 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)D3 To S1 on Sabertooth #1 |
27 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)D5 To S2 on Sabertooth #1 | ||
28 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)D6 To S1 on Sabertooth #2 | ||
29 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)D9 To S2 on Sabertooth #2 | ||
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1.1 | 30 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)__Jumper on "Ext"__ to power the BotBoarduino from the Sabertooth 5V regulator |
31 | | |(% style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" %)[[image:[email protected]||alt="SQUARE-Blue.png"]]|(% style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle" %)__Jumper on "VL = VS"__ to link the two together | ||
32 | |(% colspan="4" %)**3. Load the microcontroller with Code** | ||
33 | | |(% colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle" %)[[Lynxmotion GitHub - Arduino A4WD3 Examples>>https://github.com/Lynxmotion/Rovers/tree/master/A4WD3]] | ||
34 | |(% colspan="4" %)**4. Connect the battery** | ||
35 | |(% colspan="4" %)**5. Enjoy** | ||
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