Datasheet

The DC motor was mounted on a plate and connected to the Gertbot as detailed above,
along with a 12v power supply. The Pi was then connected to the network and booted before
logging in over SSH from a different computer.
Software
Presented with a terminal we could now
download the software required to connect
to the Gertbot:
gertbot_exe_2.6.tgz – the GUI for Linux
systems
enable_uart_exe.tgz – executable to
enable the UART on the Pi
These were downloaded from here and here and extracted as necessary. The GUI provides
an interface to control motors connected to the Gertbot without the need for any programming
– great for testing the hardware without worrying about your own code – but before it can be
used the UART must be enabled on the Pi. To do this theenable_uart executable can be run
with the following command:
$ sudo ./enable_uart cfr
Once completed the Pi was rebooted and
the GUI was executed:
$ ./gertbot
With the graphical display loaded
the Log check-box can be clicked, opening
a window showing that a Gertbot board is
found connected to the Pi, version 2.3.