Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01459
To: "Feser, Jason" jfeser@ea.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:12:24 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: walker process probs....
Typical problem, here your problem is almost totaly spikes in the power
supply. Where the motors are really playing havoc with stuff. What I do is I
put a .1uf cap across the hc14, (maybe two) and I add a few simmilar caps
on the power rails throught the circuit. I also add one larger cap, (222uf
or the likes) For good measure. and sometimes I put a small cap across the
motor inputs. Basically, you need to CLEAN UP YOUR POWER! maybe try
batteris. Something like that.
Denniison
>Maybe you guys could help me out. I've breadboarded a 'miller-style
>walker', but am having some problems controlling the microcore. If I
>disconnect the 74HC245 motor driver, I can get the microcore to produce the
>results I'm looking for. I can cycle through the processes properly, and
>add or subtract processes from the loop, but as soon as I add the motor
>driver, it goes into its 'saturated' state. My walker does achieve forward
>motion, but it does it by rotating the front motor clockwise and the rear
>counter clockwise at the same time and visa versa. As I understand it, it
>should move the front motor clockwise, then the back counterclockwise, then
>the front counter, with one motion coming after the other. Is this
normal?
>Should it be moving two motors at the same time???
>
>Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks boyz...
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