Application Note: Using the Motor Driver on the 3pi Robot and Orangutan Robot Controllers

Motor outputs M1A (blue) and M1B (yellow) for driving “forward” at 75% duty cycle (OCR0B=191, OCR0A=0). The green channel shows motor current.

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1. Introduction
2. Motor Driver Truth Tables
3. Simple Code to Drive the Motors
4. Variable Speed Control Using Hardware PWMs
5. PWM-Based Motor Control Code
6. Motor Voltage Waveforms
7. Using the Trimmer Pot for Motor Control
8. Differences between the Orangutan LV-168 and TB6612FNG-Based Controllers
9. Dealing with Motor Noise

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