scketch usage

[FrancescoMontedori]

Hi, I am Francesco Montedori.
First of all thanks a lot for sharing your code. I followed both your and Wouter Klop tutorial and i managed to reproduce the circuit with the changes that you made (remove potentiometer and solder the wire to the integrated circuit).

I also achieved to upload the scketch on my esp32 board and when the device boot it shows this output on the serial monitor:

Now I am a bit stucked.
I understood that for IMU calibration you used the web interface. Anyway, when i run the ws.htm file you provided, i get this message:

should i change the wifi_mode in this line of the sketch?

Can you give me hint to make it work please? it would be very kind and appreciated.

Sorry if my question looks silly, but i'm not an advanced programmer (basically i only write code in python and arduino) and even an electronics engeneer.

[Tomasonx]

Francesco, maybe you can detail issue #3 [Details on removing the potentiometer and soldering the wire].

[electrical-pro]

@FrancescoMontedori, hello, you don't need that ws.htm file, it is just for debugging :)
After uploading the sketch, ESP32 should create a Wi-Fi network: balancingRobot with password: turboturbo
After you connect to the robot, PID tuning should be available at adress 192.168.4.1 and control at 192.168.4.1/control.htm

If for some reason you want to connect the robot to a router it is possible to do here (it's not necessary):

if robot can't connect to the router then Wi-Fi network: balancingRobot with password: turboturbo will appear

[electrical-pro]

If you go to 192.168.4.1 or 192.168.4.1/control.htm and it says FileNotFound, it means you need to upload files from the data folder to ESP32.
Just press "ESP32 Sketch Data Upload" to upload everything from the data folder to ESP32:

data folder should be next to the sketch:

If you don't have the option "ESP32 Sketch Data Upload" then read this:
https://github.com/me-no-dev/arduino-esp32fs-plugin

[FrancescoMontedori]

Thank you very much, awesome!! I can finally connect to the robot and change the values ​​in real time from the web interface. However, I have a further problem. When the robot tilt on back side, the stepper motors move coordinated (same direction), but when the robot tilts on the other side, the steppers start to turn in opposite directions, making the robot turn on itself. I don't think the problem is related to these lines of code, as the motors turn to the correct side when the robot leans backwards:

Any suggestions?

[electrical-pro]

@FrancescoMontedori is one of the motors only able to rotate in one direction?
if so, maybe ESP32 can't control the direction input of DVR8825, maybe the wiring is wrong.
The change in voltage from 0V to 3.3V on this input should change the direction.
Make sure that ESP32 can fully control DVR8825. (try to measure the voltage on that pin, to see if it changes)

[FrancescoMontedori]

Ho ricontrollato tutti i collegamenti del circuito e sembrano corretti. Potrebbe essere un errore nella definizione dei pin per step e dir dei DRV8825

Are this pin defined in this line of code?

Looking at your circuit diagram, you used:
1° DRV8825: Step = D5 Dir = D2
2° DRV8825: Step = D18 Dir = D15

Should i change the pin definition in the code? Thanks again

[electrical-pro]

@FrancescoMontedori, I found a mistake in my circuit, that is probably what caused the issue.
Yes you can change these pins in the code (but better don't do this). Please build everything according to the code.
I changed the circuit instead, because that is how it is soldered in my robot, I want to be consistent.

My code:

ESP32_Robot/BalancingRobot.ino

Line 85 in cd4acb8

fastStepper motLeft(5, 4, 0, reverseLeftMotor, motLeftTimerFunction);

ESP32_Robot/BalancingRobot.ino

Line 86 in cd4acb8

fastStepper motRight(18, 15, 1, reverseRightMotor, motRightTimerFunction);

My robor in real life (Now it corresponds to the code, I checked):

Here is an updated circuit:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/electrical-pro/ESP32_Robot/master/circuit_01.jpg

I drew this circuit after I've built the robot, so I did not notice the mistake... Sorry

[electrical-pro]

@FrancescoMontedori, Please use the pins from my code, because D2 is used by the built-in LED on the ESP32 board, and is used to indicate the discharged battery, so don't use it for the stepper.

ESP32_Robot/BalancingRobot.ino

Line 85 in cd4acb8

fastStepper motLeft(5, 4, 0, reverseLeftMotor, motLeftTimerFunction);

ESP32_Robot/BalancingRobot.ino

Line 86 in cd4acb8

fastStepper motRight(18, 15, 1, reverseRightMotor, motRightTimerFunction);

Is it working now? tell me your result

[FrancescoMontedori]

@FrancescoMontedori, Please use the pins from my code, because D2 is used by the built-in LED on the ESP32 board, and is used to indicate the discharged battery, so don't use it for the stepper.

ESP32_Robot/BalancingRobot.ino

Line 85 in cd4acb8

fastStepper motLeft(5, 4, 0, reverseLeftMotor, motLeftTimerFunction);

ESP32_Robot/BalancingRobot.ino

Line 86 in cd4acb8

fastStepper motRight(18, 15, 1, reverseRightMotor, motRightTimerFunction);

Is it working now? tell me your result

Hi @electrical-pro, and thanks again for your help. Sorry for the late reply. The problem is solved and the robot is stable on its wheels. Now i'm trying to tune the PID value for "Go", as the robot falls when i increase to much the speed from the control web page.
I've just another question, i would like to control the robot using a glove with another Esp32 (The mini D1 module in this case) and an MPU6050 sensor (Gyroscope and Accelerometer), connected via bluetooth to the robot.
Can you help me showing the part of the code (BalancingRobot.ino) where the control.htm file sends its value, in order to change that part with the value coming from bluetooth communication?

Thanks again for your help!!