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Stepper motors controlled by a joystick

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Hello ..

 

I want to control with 3 stepper motors by a joystick, and this joystick depends on two potentiometers, and this motors will control in acceleration, breaking and steering of a car, so what does the arduino program in this project? and what is the advices?

  • Hi Sohaib,

    This type of control does not need any arduino, computer or software, although some steper motor controllers use embedded microcontrollers. Standard stepper motor controllers exist that can directly take analogue input such as potentiometer position and convert it to a motor position which can control pedal position or steering wheel angle. This can also be accomplished with off-the-shelf servo controllers. Most robotic and remote control vehicles already use these technologies.

    It is possible of course to use an arduino to perform these functions - simply look for aurduino projects that control robotic vehicles to see how it is done.

    Doug