DC motor control in Python
In this section, we will discuss motor control using the Raspberry Pi Zero. Why discuss motor control? As we progress through different topics in this book, we will culminate in building a mobile robot. Hence, we need to discuss writing code in Python to control a motor using a Raspberry Pi.
In order to control a motor, we need an H-bridge motor driver (Discussing H-bridge is beyond our scope. There are several resources for H-bridge motor drivers: http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/robotics/tutorial/h-bridge/). There are several motor driver kits designed for the Raspberry Pi. In this section, we will make use of the following kit: https://www.pololu.com/product/2753.
The Pololu product page also provides instructions ...
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