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Old 23-08-2011, 08:50 PM
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Nice workmanship Roger.

I built a double arm drive and used an Arduino board. I think you can get them from HK for about 10-15 AUD.

I wrote the code and made the shield for the electronics. It started out ticking the motor away at 1 rpm. Later I added a 5:1 gearbox and increased the rpm, which was much smoother and provided a big increase in torque - Tamiya hobby planetary gearbox sitting around and pressed that into service.
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