Don't know what to use

macsbug

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ajb2k3

What motor module have you got and what have you tried so far?

jerome83136

@macsbug hi,
Thank you but I want to make it by myself rather than buying a plug&play product.
Regards

jerome83136

@ajb2k3 hello,
At the moment I have a h-driver for Atom
I was able to control the 12v DC motor by using this module; but I think I will not be able to use the Atom for communication between the scales kit+RFID emitter (because I only have 1x grove port on it)

I also have a M5 core and a DC motor module; but don't know how to wire the DC motor on it

I'm still learning so I don't know if these information are sufficient. If not; I will be happy to provide more details about my setup and the hardware I have got. Feel free to ask.

Thank you very much for your help 🙂
Best regards

jerome83136

Hi guys,
Somebody able to help on this? 🙂

ajb2k3

Sorry forgot about this.
You should be able you use the Scales and the RFID units on the same port of the atom if you connected a PaHub between them as they both use I2C to communicate and the PaHub is an I2C port expander.
Have you tried testing with the RFID or the scales kit connected ?

jerome83136

@ajb2k3 hello,
That's a good news if I could use only the Atom rather than a M5 core; because I don't need any display and I prefer to keep things minimalist 🙂

I unfortunately did a mistake about my available hardware: I don't own a Pahub but a 1 to 3 HUB Expansion Unit
I think it won't work.
I will order a Pahub and post any progress here.
Thank you for your great help !

As I'm going to order things at M5stack, I also would like to order the required parts for controlling a 12v DC motor with a M5 Core

What kind of module/extension should I choose for this ? GoPlus2 maybe?

Thank you for your feedback

Best regards

ajb2k3

You said you are controlling a motor with the ATOM already, what motor and atom are you using. Please share photos of your setup so far.

jerome83136

@ajb2k3 here is a photo of my setup with:

Atom + h-driver
12v DC motor
12v power supply

link text

What kind of module/extension should I choose for this ? GoPlus2 maybe? --> this question was for another future protect with a 12v DC motor I want to control with a M5 Core. This is just for information and is not related to the subject of this topic 😉

Best regards

ajb2k3

If its working as is then all you need is the Pahub to connect your two sensors and then program it all up.

jerome83136

Hi @ajb2k3 thank you for your feedback.
I will order a Pahub and report any progress here.
Best regards

jerome83136

One last question please

I will need to get the level of food available inside the food tank
For this, I plan to use a Ultrasonic Distance Unit I2C (RCWL-9620)
I already have it

Is it the correct way to achieve this ? (There are a lot of sensors for liquid level; bit not sure about what to use for solid things)

The Ultrasonic Distance Unit I2C (RCWL-9620) is communicating with I2C. Does it mean I can connect it with everything by using the Pahub I'm about to order ?

Thank you very much for your feedback
Best regards

ajb2k3

@jerome83136 you work great!

jerome83136

@ajb2k3 if it means this setup will work, then I'm happy 🙂

wsanders

Unless you need to control the speed and direction, you can control a non-stepper motor with just a transistor and diode, for one speed, on-off type operation.

Also bear in mind that the range of the RFID 2 Unit (WS1850S) is only about 20mm. The UHF RFID Unit (JRD-4035) had a longer range, but is expensive. There may be longer range 13.56 Mhz sensors available from other vendors.

jerome83136

hi @wsanders
If I can drive the motor with tha Atom and H-driver; that's fine for me.
I plan to extend it with a PaHub in order to get additional grove ports and connect the Scales kit + RFID2 reader.
But I wonder if it will work because I'm not sure M5 Scales kit is using I2C

I choosed the RFID2 reader because of its price (as you said: the UHF reader is quite expensive)

I see 2 options to solve the range issue:

Using 3 RFID2 readers on each side of my object (see red arrows on enclosed picture)
Try to extend the RFID2 range with a custom antenna with magnetic wire, around the food dispenser
Use this cheap 125KHz RFID reader and make a custom antenna with magnetic wire, around the food dispenser. But can I make it talk to M5 stuff ? (it uses a grove connection and output format is Uart and Wiegand)

Do you think it could work ?
Thank you for your feedback

Best regards

crami25

The RFID Unit is a I2C device. The scale unit isn't. Is uses a special protocol (using HX711 library). It will not work with the PbHub. As I mentioned in another community thread, you can get a I2C scale kit from DfRobot : https://wiki.dfrobot.com/HX711_Weight_Sensor_Kit_SKU_KIT0176.
DfRobot doesn't use the groove standard fot their wiring: VCC and GND are switched as well as the SDA and SCL lines.
Wish List for M5Stack: Make the scale kit I2C compatible by using the STM8/32 or AVR328 as they are using in the PbHub or 4Relay Unit making the compatible for the "universal" I2C bus.

jerome83136

Hello all,

Some news here.

I ordered an RFID reader and am still waiting for it to be delivered. So, I will share some news about this part later.

For the 12v DC motor control; I have some troubles.
I ordered a GoPlus2; but it tidn't feet because even if it has a 12v input; it can't deliver 12v output to my DC motor.

So I switched to another option: using a 5v relay to power the 12v DC motor.

The problem I have is: how to use the M5 Core to control the 5v relay ?

I tried this example but I'm just unable to understand what are the pins used by this guy on the M5 core ?
The guy uses the pins 2, 27, 32 and 13; but where are these pins on the M5 core basic I own ?
Do I have to remove the M5 core bottom (received with the M5 core basic) ?

I don't really understad the pin map of the M5 core basic. Is there some reference somewhere for wiring ? And is there a description about the colours used on the M5 core basic product sheet pinmap section ?
Or some example telling "if you are using digitalWrite(2, 0) on UIFlow; you have to use this specific pin on the core"

Thank you for your feedback

Best regards

ajb2k3

The pinouts are located on the M5Stack product page by following the documents link https://docs.m5stack.com/en/core/basic_v2.6?ref=pfpqkvphmgr
The exact pins and location depend on the specific model of core but he is using the Core2's MBus which is the big internal connector.

jerome83136

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

As I'm quite new on this kind of stuff (using pins to interact with an external component); I need some tips :)

When I do this on UIFlow:

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I understand it activates the pin n°2 (LOW), when the "switch0" is activated. Am I right ?

How can I identify the pin n°2 on my M5 Core basic with a base core bottom ?

I think I need some documentation/tutorial to understand the correspondance between the pins used into UIFlow and the the pinmap on M5 Core Basic. Can I find this somewhere ?

Thank you for your help

Best regards