Ardumower Gasoline

Ardumower Gasoline R/C is an ordinary gasoline powered mower converted to remote control (R/C) using Ardumower parts.

Parts list

Click on a part for more details:

• 2x 260mm tires
• this 3d printed tire adapter or this one
• 1x free wheel
• 2x clamping elements
• 2x Ardumower gear motors
• 2x motor drivers BTS7960
• 1x Ardumower Power pack charger
• 1x Ardumower Power pack battery
• 1x DC/DC converter
• 1x Arduino Nano
• Arduino Nano I/O shield
• a model R/C receiver and a remote control
• 1x fuse holder
• 1x fuse 4A
• 1x diode 10A
• 1x emergency switch
• 1x charging socket

Motors

Find a place on your mower for the gear motors. Use the clamping elements and the tire adapters to attach the tires to the motors.

Free wheel

Use 4 screws and a plate to support the free wheel.

Control box

Mount the Ardumower Power Pack battery, emergency switch, fuse holder, BTS7960 motor drivers, Arduino Nano, DC/DC converter and the model R/C receiver in a box.

Wiring

Connect the components as shown below.

Connect your left BTS7960 motor driver to these Arduino pins:

left BTS7960   Arduino pin
GND            GND
VCC            +5V
R_EN           A1  
L_EN           A0
R_PWM          9
L_PWM          10

Connect your right BTS7960 motor driver to these Arduino pins:

right BTS7960   Arduino pin
GND             GND
VCC             +5V
R_EN            A3
L_EN            A2
R_PWM           3
L_PWM           11

Connect your model R/C receiver to these Arduino pins:

model R/C channel   Arduino pin
GND                 GND
VCC                 +5V
CH_Steering         5  
CH_Speed            6

Arduino

Finally, upload this code to your Arduino Nano:

https://github.com/Ardumower/ardumower/blob/master/code/tests/rcmower/rcmower.ino