DiY segway self balancing robot - large brushless motor 36v

Hello

I am interested in building a self-balancing robot, using brushless dc motors.

So far, parts I have purchased are:

2 x 250w Brushless dc motor controllers with reverse
2 x high torque low winding Brushless hub motors (capable of 100nm)
2 x standard 18v nimh battery packs
1 x arduino uno

things need to determine:
which gyro/accelerometer breakout board (is the easiest to work with)
should i get a sensor shield for the breakout board?

My aim is to build an identical to the segway, I would appreciate it if you could help me with the code / choice of accel / gyro

Thank you in advance

Dean

Hi Dean,

Since you don't have real tight space constraints, I think the Sensor Shield would be helpful. Mainly because it's easy to get secure cables connections to different modules, and rearrange them and replace subassemblies etc. See: http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/SensorShield and some cabling suggestions here: http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/Cables

Also have a delve around on youtube and google for existing successful Segway clones that people have made and learn from their experience before you start. There's bound to be a good forum specific to balancing robots somewhere.

Could also obtain the Elektor June/July 2009 article on the Elektor Wheelie, a personal transporter.

https://www.elektor.com/projects/elektorwheelie.986808.lynkx