On 12/1/17 2:47 PM, renglun...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi. I'm looking at a tank-track chassis that comes with motors included. Are they suitable for being controlled by a Blue or should I use an external motor controller? For what it's worth, I'm looking at powering the Blue with a 1600mAh LiPo battery.

Here are the details of the motors:
  Operating Voltage Range: 3~7.5V
  Rated Voltage: 6V
  Max. No-load Current(3V): 140 mA
  Max. No-load Current(6V): 170 mA
  Max. Stall Current: 2.8 A

Thank you. My apologies if this query is miscategorised.



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You should be in good shape. The Beaglebone Blue has a Toshiba TB6612FNG chip for the motor driver. You should be below the average current spec unless you are planning on have a huge load. The stall current does exceed the spec, but it is protected from thermal overload and will simply shutdown. You software should also check for a stall and turn off the drivers anyway.

https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Robotics/TB6612FNG.pdf

HTH
Mark

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