Vince-vd / rudder_test

Rudder Test

Contents

• Wiring
• Configuration
• Run the test

Wiring

Rudder pins are connected to M1A M1B on roboclaw.

Potentiometer green pin to EN1, orange pin to encoder power, black pin to ground :

Configuration

• Make sure motor voltage range: 11V ~ 13V
• Max current: 1A
• PWM mode: Locked Antiphase
• Encoder mode: Analog
• Control mode: Packet Serial Mode

Run the test

• cd into test folder

  $ python test.py
  

• rudder angle will be printed out
• type "quit" in command line will terminate the test