Window Motors and Rotation

[Roboticsismylif]

Originally Posted by SoyStuff

What exactly is a window motor and how would I go about coding for one in C++? Is it just a special jaguar? Also, I have some plans for autonomous mode, but I need to know how to rotate something in increments of five degrees. Is there a way to turn a motor a precise number of degrees.

Any help you can offer is appreciated.

Thanks.

You should have gotten 4 window motors, two right and two left. They have moderate speed and lots of torque. As for coding they use a "spike" relay. The coding should be the same for them as any other spike. With the spike you can reverse the flow of energy making the window motor turn the opposite dirrection.

[MrForbes]

To make the motor turn in precise increments, requires feedback and motor control. Use an encoder (a potentiometer will probably work and only costs $3 at Radio Shack) and a Victor or Jaguar instead of a Spike to drive it. Then you'll get to discover the joys of a PID loop, and getting the constants right.

The potentiometer is mounted so it moves as the motor moves, and connected to an analog input.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by Roboticsismylif

You should have gotten 4 window motors, two right and two left. They have moderate speed and lots of torque. As for coding they use a "spike" relay. The coding should be the same for them as any other spike. With the spike you can reverse the flow of energy making the window motor turn the opposite dirrection.

There were only 2 window motors, weren't there?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Two motors in the KOP, up to two additional available through the ARA program.