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Overload Protection

A project log for 4WD all terrain robot

This is ongoing project of the mobile robot that can move in a rough terrain

codersilvercodersilver 04/30/2016 at 13:410 Comments

The motor Driver Shield used in this project has current sense voltage output proportional to motor current. This feature has been used to protect DC motors against overload. In a tested case when the current per channel exceeded 9 A (4.5 A per motor) the motors power supply has been turned off. The following figures show the current consumption for the left and right channel during a test drive in rough terrain. The measurement data were recorded with a step of 200 ms.


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