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I salvaged some parts off my dead Roomba 650, and I'm trying to use the drive motor assembly . I got the pinout of the connector but I don't know what voltage / PWM / other specifications are there for this motor.

I've attached the picture of the drive motor assembly.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you, Pratik

Drive motor unit

Edit: The Image is here: Drive Motor Module

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  • $\begingroup$ Have you taken the motor completely out of the housing and looked for a part number? $\endgroup$
    – James Waldby - jwpat7
    Feb 27, 2015 at 23:46

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The motors get a PWM'd battery voltage which is around 18V. I assume it is safe to run at that voltage at 100% duty cycle. I imagine you could run a higher voltage but you run the risk of burning out your brushes. Lower voltages work fine if your bot is small. I have successfully run a small Roomba wheel module robot off of 8 AA batteries (about 12V).

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FYI, iRobot has released the spec for the motor interface here:

http://www.irobot.com/~/media/MainSite/PDFs/About/STEM/Create/Create_2_Wheel_Hack.pdf

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi Ben, Thank you for that link. Unfortunately it is resulting in 404 error. Can you please repost the link, or the document itself to which it is pointing to? Thanks, Pratik $\endgroup$
    – Pratik Panchal
    Mar 29, 2015 at 16:47
  • $\begingroup$ Well, the link works for me. Maybe they had a temporary server issue. Note that you can also get to the file by going to the main Create2 project page: irobot.com/About-iRobot/STEM/Create-2/Projects.aspx then clicking the "Create 2 Wheel Hack " link. $\endgroup$
    – Ben ♦
    Mar 29, 2015 at 17:21
  • $\begingroup$ That link works for me; the document has also been archived by the web archive at web.archive.org/web/20150427160518/http://www.irobot.com/~/… . $\endgroup$
    – David Cary
    Apr 27, 2015 at 16:07

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