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Control Box

A project log for Lawnny Five

A heavy-duty robotic lawn tractor with interchangeable implements

jim-heisingJim Heising 02/01/2024 at 23:220 Comments

Here is peek at the initial control box for the bot. The ultimate goal for Lawnny is to make a good portion of it autonomous, but in the meantime I want to debug all the mechanicals without a lot of hassle, so the initial version of the control system is RC based.

All of this will eventually be redone, so I'm not too focused on aesthetics and durability at the moment

The major components are:

  1. A 60A resettable fuse - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LYG7ZYF 
  2. A 24V 150A relay for the emergency stop functionality - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CXPVX11
  3. A Dimension Engineering Sabertooth 2x60 motor driver - https://www.dimensionengineering.com/products/sabertooth2x60
  4. A Spektrum AR8020T receiver - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QRXDFT6 
  5. An EStop Switch - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BCY7HGN
  6. The box itself was just an outdoor electrical junction box from Home Depot.

Most of the components are complete and utter overkill for the amount of current these motors draw, but I may eventually have to build bigger so I'm leaving myself a lot of overhead.

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