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Sheldon robot: exploring the hall effect sensors

The 9V motors on the T300 robot vehicle are each fitted with two hall effect sensors that act as encoders. I figured I’d take a closer look. The two sensors are positioned to read a magnet attached to the rear of the motor’s shaft. They are quite close together so that, as the magnet rotates, one will be triggered very… Read more »

Sheldon robot: motor encoder connections

The 9V geared motors fitted to the T300 tank, which forms the base vehicle for my Sheldon robot project, come fitted with encoders. I’m not sure I need these, but they might be useful to have. But first I had to do a little simple reverse engineering to work out how to connect them. Each motor has a six-pin connector,… Read more »