ThunderBorg and MonsterBorg

Hello,
have you already tested the compatibility of the MonsterBorg with the new Raspberry Pi 3b+?
Are there any known problems or compatibility issues?
Or is there a significant performance improvement?
Thank you & best regards,
N. Vi

Since switching from a picoborg rev my pi 3b won't boot from a fully charged battery pack (runs fine with mains power) Previously I had two battborgs one serving the rev and the other the pi 3b but connected to the same 9.6v battery ni-mh pack.

Hi;

I have installed OpenCV 3.4.0 and would like to use MonsterAuto.py for line following however when I try and start the script I get the following error:

I have installed OpenCV 3.4.0. When running MonsterAuto.py I get the following error:

I don't suppose anyone has had luck getting something like the FollowMe or Ball follow example to work on the Monsterborg? I've tried, with my extremely limited experience, to make the necessary changes to port the example over but the errors are too numerous to sift through.

Before anyone asks, I did replace all instances of ZB and ZeroBorg with TB and ThunderBorg and set the power settings correctly. There were also some issues with the comms failsafe, led functions and then some general threading/picamera stuff that didn't work either.

Suggestions?

I added the 4 wires to the thunderborg (http://forum.piborg.org/thunderborg/install) but the lights don't work with the example code (tbExternalLedWave.py) No error shown. Thunderborg is found. The voltage level on red/black is 3.3V - but the Inspiring LED board wants 5V, so the whole thing is not working. I even cannot see any logic levels happening on CI/DI with a logic analyzer. What is wrong?

Kind regards,
Markus

My Thunderborg is not sending power to the motors that we are trying to control.
We have gone through the whole getting started page and the still can not get any output power to the motors
Please Help!!!!!!
<3

Hello,

I've been working on a basic Thunderborg C++ driver here https://github.com/tyler124/thunderborg_driver_cpp

It's mostly working, although a few of the function input parameters have been changed for my own purposes, i.e changing units from meters to centimeters.

Hi!

I am currently doing a project to create a testbed for Intelligent Transportation Systems using DiddyBorg V2. The general idea is that the robots should follow an internal map with help from camera input and drive in a regular traffic scenario.

I was test-driving my MonsterBorg with a Python program using the SetMotor1() and SetMotor2() functions. While the robot was in motion, the Linux O/S on the Raspberry Pi crashed and I lost control. The robot continued to move forward, however, and I could not stop it except by picking it up and turning off the power switch.

Do you currently have a watchdog timer or hearbeat function available in the ThunderBorg, or can you add one? I think this functionality has to be in the firmware on the ThunderBorg, then made available by functions in ThunderBorg.py.

Hi, i'm using the thunderborg to power my LEGO power functions train. Its works perfectly however there is this high pitch noise coming from the motor. This occurs putting the motor in forward or reverse, when the motor is stationary there's no high pitch noise. I would presume this is due to PWM, is it possible to change the PWM frequency ?