Porter

Fitting a Porter to a PDQ Power trike

The old PDQ wiring used a Scientific Generics controller, a lot of which are failing after many years service. The Porter 5 is a good replacement, here are some steps for fitting a Porter to Read More

Driving the Porter by Raspberry Pi

Our Porter range can be used as an interface between a Raspberry Pi and a motor. The Pi can provide a PWM output via its GPIO pins and this can be fed into the input Read More

Porter: Disabling Regenerative Braking

We are sometimes asked how to disable the regen braking on the Porter series of controllers. It’s a 5 minute job if you’re handy with a scalpel and soldering iron, here’s how to do it…. Read More

Porter Current Limit Adjustment

It is possible to adjust the Porter current limit setting by fitting either a fixed resistor or a potentiometer across the pads circled in red below A resistance of 100k gives an upper limit of Read More

DMR-203 Radio Control of a Porter 5 / 10

The DMR-203 can be used to give radio control of a Porter 5 / 10 at up to 24v by using the wiring shown below. The rest of the wiring should be as shown in Read More