SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-19T07:35:02-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #518130 on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldCustomer #518130urn:uuid:bbfd958f-f0d8-ff4e-9d1d-e2ec7ecdb1272014-05-17T03:36:20-06:00<p>Thank you. I'll wait for a version with the HUB-EE connectors to come out.</p>
CreativeRobotics on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldCreativeRoboticsurn:uuid:49e9b03a-c7cc-907c-4679-5899fbdd91402014-05-15T03:32:53-06:00<p>Thanks for the feedback, it is a good point and I think we will try and include connectors plus pin headers in the future. We are just testing our own Arduino Leonardo clone that has exactly this set-up - It has a pair of HUB-ee connectors but their pins are also available on 0.1in holes that you can solder our breakout boards to.</p>
Customer #518130 on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldCustomer #518130urn:uuid:d233208b-39c9-86aa-1e20-04b42943fbca2014-05-15T03:20:02-06:00<p>I am of the feeling that the board should have had the Hub-ee connectors on the board. To save money, perhaps the pinouts that you have now could also be there. That way one could use the connectors or use the wires.<p>If the headers had been there, I would have purchased it tonight. Without the headers, it doesn't seem worth it because I can connect the cables from my boards just as I do now.</p></p>
CreativeRobotics on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldCreativeRoboticsurn:uuid:767c5930-8e75-e70c-acea-97f05a6fd0912014-03-09T01:52:09-07:00<p>Ah! It seems that we did actually correct the 'motion control example' code with 'Wheel1' and 'Wheel2' and pull-ups enabled - we just didn't upload the latest version to the website. Bad us. It is fixed now.</p>
CreativeRobotics on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldCreativeRoboticsurn:uuid:2974c64f-d823-a631-d813-b7a64d06c7e12014-03-09T01:40:09-07:00<p>Thanks! The need for pull-ups is explained in the user guide but you are right to point out that it is an importnat detail that we should have made clearer. I have updated our product page with this info. We made an even worse mistake by not updating the code examples - the video and the motion control example both relate to the earlier version of the board where pull-up resistors were not required so I can see how that confuses thinge even more.<p>We will update the code examples, and correct the left/right wheel confusion - We should have stuck with 'Wheel1' and 'Wheel2' to match the schematic.</p><p>We appreciate the feedback, and we hope you enjoy using the shield.</p></p>
Ted M on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldTed Murn:uuid:6bd07c53-00ca-ff7b-ae61-2999a157ae312014-03-07T20:06:51-07:00<p>Hey CreativeRobotics, Cool board, thanks! You can also crimp on 1x8 pins to the cable to plug into this shield.<p>I had one gotcha with this board. You HAVE TO enable the internal pull-ups on the wheel encoder pins to get the wheel encoders to work. Also, the sample arduino code on the product page has left/right backwards in several places -- like the left encoders are actually the right encoders. Stuff like that.</p></p>
CreativeRobotics on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldCreativeRoboticsurn:uuid:2503f87c-4fdc-a6e7-0aa4-4ceaa42d109b2013-12-29T03:29:12-07:00<p>We scratched our heads over this when designing the boards and concluded that this was a better all round option because ... if you want the cheapest version you can just buy a single cable, cut it in half and solder it to the board, or you can solder on a break out board to have the connector, or a cable splitter board to run pairs of wheels in sync.</p>
Chiel on ROB-12668 - HUB-ee - Arduino Prototyping ShieldChielurn:uuid:29234524-8dc0-fd71-09ab-2b0e1a2be8e52013-12-28T13:27:11-07:00<p>wouldn't it have been more usefull to have HUB-ee sockets on the shield rather then having to use a seperate breakout? i know it would make the shield a bit bigger, but unless you supply a appropriate jumper cable making it easier its a bit of a hassle to connect to the motors efficiently.</p>