Controlling your mobile platform programmatically using the BeagleBone Black and Python

Now that you have your motor running, your next step is to programmatically control the motor controller using the BeagleBone Black. If you are going to do this remotely, log in through PuTTY. If you are doing this directly on a monitor, simply log in.

I suggest you use Python in your initial attempts to control the motor. It is very straightforward to write, run, and debug your code in Python. I am going to include the directions here for Python; you can also go to the Pololu.com website at www.pololu.com/ and find instructions for how to access the capabilities in the C programming language.

The first Python program you are going to create is shown here:

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