Using the IR

[feliks_rosenber]

Does anyone have a link to a manual with information about how to use the IR board, how to get started with it ?

The link on the manual that came with the IR board doesn't work anymore and my team desperately needs help getting started.

[JohnC]

Sure, here you go:

http://johnmchilton.com/FIRSTIR.pdf

[Brandon_L]

I have some problems with it as well. We printed out the link above and we still cant figure it out. How do we hook it up to a battery? I assume that where it says pin # is the order of the wires. Like the brown is pin 1, red #2, ect, to black #10.

And why are there 2 wires for positive voltage and 2 for negitave?



Thanks,

Brandon
Team 2495

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

I have some problems with it as well. We printed out the link above and we still cant figure it out. How do we hook it up to a battery? I assume that where it says pin # is the order of the wires. Like the brown is pin 1, red #2, ect, to black #10.

And why are there 2 wires for positive voltage and 2 for negitave?



Thanks,

Brandon
Team 2495

http://johnmchilton.com/IRBoard.jpg

There's a pic. Sorry some of the wire colors aren't exactly as they should be, but it's close enough to distinguish. The PWM cables go off to the RC, and the others go to our power distro.

Look closely at the board and notice that there are numbers printed near the ribbon cable pins. Here is a pinout of that:

1 12v Brown
2 12v Red
3 Gnd Orange
4 Gnd Yellow
5 Out2 Green
6 Out1 Blue
7 Out3 Purple
8 Out0 Gray

[Brandon_L]

Thanks, but...where did you get that plastic thing?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Thanks, but...where did you get that plastic thing?

Two came in the Kit this year.

[JohnC]

Also, you don't HAVE to use that part. It was just there (two actually, and I think new this year), and I'm a fan of terminal blocks, so I used it

[Brandon_L]

Did it come in the Igus bag? We didn't get that bag yet ;_;

EDIT: nvm

[cdennisxlx2]

Originally Posted by JohnC

http://johnmchilton.com/IRBoard.jpg

There's a pic. Sorry some of the wire colors aren't exactly as they should be, but it's close enough to distinguish. The PWM cables go off to the RC, and the others go to our power distro.

Look closely at the board and notice that there are numbers printed near the ribbon cable pins. Here is a pinout of that:

1 12v Brown
2 12v Red
3 Gnd Orange
4 Gnd Yellow
5 Out2 Green
6 Out1 Blue
7 Out3 Purple
8 Out0 Gray

i see on your image that the black (GND) wires in the PWM cables are running to something, am i correct in saying they are running to the negative on the din rail power distro block?

[JohnC]

Not the din rails, just a power distribution block's ground.

I'm a programmer so I'm no expert on electronics. Also...if you notice, the whole "stationary dev/test bot" thing is built on OSB lol.

[drewjones13]

Originally Posted by JohnC

http://johnmchilton.com/IRBoard.jpg

There's a pic. Sorry some of the wire colors aren't exactly as they should be, but it's close enough to distinguish. The PWM cables go off to the RC, and the others go to our power distro.

Look closely at the board and notice that there are numbers printed near the ribbon cable pins. Here is a pinout of that:

1 12v Brown
2 12v Red
3 Gnd Orange
4 Gnd Yellow
5 Out2 Green
6 Out1 Blue
7 Out3 Purple
8 Out0 Gray

Do you guys run your positives and negatives through a breaker or straight to the power distrabution block?

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by drewjones13

Do you guys run your positives and negatives through a breaker or straight to the power distrabution block?

We aren't using the Rockwell block yet, but yes the positives are thru 20 amp fuses. The ground is just a common ground.

[fernandoabel01]

Hello,

Please....I want know, where I connect the board´s wire in my RC?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by fernandoabel01

Hello,

Please....I want know, where I connect the board´s wire in my RC?

The four output pins each connect to the signal pin of a digital input on the RC.

[naruto137]

Ok, theres one thing im not sure about, do I connect just 1 wire from the digital output to the pwm or do I need to ground the black wire of that pwm to the ground of the power supply of the IR as well?