<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>[Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Powering Motors</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---powering-motors</link><description>After discounting the transistor based H-Bridges in the original car , I started experimenting with the TB6612FNG module. Despite its small size, it should be able to easily to take the few hundred mA needed for the motors. My first experiments with th</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Powering Motors</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---powering-motors</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:21:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a745203b-c080-495d-b95c-3701d01e5d73</guid><dc:creator>carmelito</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice update, the &lt;span&gt;TB6612FNG module is my favorite motor driver..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2913&amp;AppID=147&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Powering Motors</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---powering-motors</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:57:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a745203b-c080-495d-b95c-3701d01e5d73</guid><dc:creator>mcb1</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Well done Andy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;span&gt;[mention:4966e6ad97f64dac9ea8919abb220e1d:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; said using another method to verify your software is an important lesson for people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2913&amp;AppID=147&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Powering Motors</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---powering-motors</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:31:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a745203b-c080-495d-b95c-3701d01e5d73</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Great post Andy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good debug in going back to the input and walking yourself through the circuit path to find the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nice example on how you need to test your components before you can integrate the system together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2913&amp;AppID=147&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Powering Motors</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---powering-motors</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:42:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a745203b-c080-495d-b95c-3701d01e5d73</guid><dc:creator>balearicdynamics</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Andy I have appreciated the pragmatic approach. When all the possible solutions are explored, the only one remaining, event impossible, should be the truth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2913&amp;AppID=147&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Powering Motors</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---powering-motors</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:12:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a745203b-c080-495d-b95c-3701d01e5d73</guid><dc:creator>jasonwier92</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice success! It can be frustrating with the Edison reboots and you do not know why.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exciting getting the motor working with the H-Bridge. I assume next you are testing to see about battery life with a load.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2913&amp;AppID=147&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>