{"id":9420,"date":"2014-04-22T12:20:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T12:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=9420"},"modified":"2014-04-22T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T12:20:51","slug":"assembling-an-rtk-motor-controller-board-for-the-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9420","title":{"rendered":"Assembling an RTK motor controller board for the #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-aP5jx42gUzk\/U1RZZqMd_iI\/AAAAAAAAAyM\/oxttNzZKqEg\/s640\/blogger-image-1766160581.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Brown has done an excellent guide to putting together RyanTeck&#8217;s motor controller board. 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