I’ve decided that my next project with the Pi will involve motors of some sort. At the very least I’d like to work out how to control a motor and have it do… something. I’d like, ideally, to create some kind of remote-controlled vehicle. But, I know this isn’t exactly an original idea so it’ll be interesting to see if I can come up with something a bit unique. Whether I control the motor direct from the Pi or have some kind of Pi-Arduino interface is up for debate!<\/p>\n
So, this post is all about\u00a0research<\/em> and will be a collection of links and tidbits that I’ve collected on the subject.<\/p>\n First of all, over at tigoe.net, we have a blog post describing the different types of motors including unipolar, bipolar etc. Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scrap to Power has a good article on connecting a stepper motor to the Pi. Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n Francois Dion at Raspberry Pi Python Adventures has written some excellent blog posts on getting various motors working. Browsing around his site is great and he is the only blogger I know who posts in multiple languages! Read an article about stepper motors<\/a> and another one about H Bridges<\/a>.<\/p>\n Patrick Cambria has worked out how to run a uni-polar stepper using the Pi and Python. Read the article and watch the video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Georgia-based John Jay has developed a board \u00a0http:\/\/mypishop.com\/Stepper.html<\/a> and Robert Savage has written an article about setting it up<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Raspberry Pi Spy has an article about using a ULN2003 board and a 28BJY-48 motor. Read the article<\/a>. The RaspiRobot blog has implemented the steps in the article and blogged about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n Andy at PiStuffing has blogged about his experiments trying to create a TurtlePi and also a quad-copter. Read his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n A video from Peter Szabo in which we see a stepper motor controlled by a ULN2003 control board.<\/p>\nSome basic research…<\/h2>\n
Now for some videos<\/h2>\n