An extension board for Arduino which provides functionality for controlling DC/stepper motors and other inductive loads (such as relays and solenoids).
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problem with my arduino project
I am making a smart bin which automatically sense (with the help of IR sensor ) and dispose the trash by moving with help of DC geared motor 12V 60 RPM and it also detects for obstacles with the help ...
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2WD robot - logic error
I am making a basic 2WD robot using Arduino Uno with motor shield.
I am getting no compile errors - but something in my logic flow is not working as expected.
Expected Operation:
Ping sensor does ...
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How to make servo rotate for angle bigger than 180°
Connected servo motor (180°) to Arduino Uno R3.
Currently I am using a servo motor which have rotation angle specified as 180°, but I have a requirement to rotate to certain angles greater that 180°.
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Debugging arduino shield for varying voltage
I'm using this motor shield for arduino from adafruit. It says it can drive 4 DC motors with it. However, two terminals M3 & M4 (as marked in the image) seem to be supplying lesser voltage.
To ...
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Arduino water pump not working and beeping
I’m new to Arduino and am trying to build a plant watering system without much knowledge on the subject. But my water pump is not working as I expected it to.
I wanted to keep it simple so I bought ...
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Motor shield with 2 gear motors and one Infrared receiver
I think I have a problem with the power supply in the following circuit. I have an Arduino Uno, a motor shield (original Arduino) and a 5V Infrared receiver.
I want the robot to move forward if I ...
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How to program pressure sensor and motor with motor shield
I was working on controlling a high power motor with a heavy duty motor controller, and I was able to make my motor spin, but I wasn't able to incorporate a program for my pressure sensor and make it ...
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What variables to declare for controlling a motor with high power motor controller
I was getting started with programming a motor controller with the Arduino Uno, in this case it's a mega motor shield (the motor driver shield I'm using).
The problem I have doing this is that I'm ...
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Stepper motor doesn't start immediately when i pressed the button
When I release my hand from the button on pin 2, the stepper motor takes at least few seconds to stop, but I want it stop immediately. here's my codes:
#include <Stepper.h>
const int ...
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Shield board with holes, do I need to solder?
I have a motor shield.
I can put it on top of my arduino Mega and works perfect.
However, since the shield plugs in on top of the arduino board, I don't have access to 5V and GND from Arduino Mega.
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Motor shield causing problems with interrupts?
I am making a controller for a model railway turntable and I need to control a single DC motor and read a hall effect sensor. I have the hall effect sensor connected to pin 2 on my Uno (since 2/3 are ...
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Calibrate motors using arduino
I'm trying to create a car that's being controlled by an Arduino.
I'm using the following chasis:
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Can an L293D motor driver shield do microstepping?
I bought a L293D motor driver shield and have used it with a pre-made sketch for driving a pair of stepper motors, but I'm not familiar with its capabilities.
The sketch I've used so far doesn't use ...
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Motor shield only holds one stepper in place at a time
I bought this motor shield and have it wired up to two stepper motors and one servo, used for a polar drawbot like this one.
I've used EasyDriver boards before to control steppers, and when a motor ...
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Speeding up Arduino DC Motors
I am using the Adafruit Motor Shield v2.3 for Arduino Uno. I am using the analogWrite() command to power my DC motor and have set the speed to 255. Is there any way to speed up the Arduino motor even ...
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Why is my Adafruit motor shield not spinning my motors?
I'm using the Adafruit Motor Shield v2.3. I'm powering the Arduino with a USB cable and I'm powering the motor shield with a 9 volt battery.
I removed the vin pin, and I'm using this tutorial/code to ...
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DCMotorTest from the Adafruit site – got fatal error exit status 1
New to Arduino, I plugged in DCMotorTest from the Adafruit site and got this error message: a fatal error exit status 1
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This is a test sketch for the Adafruit assembled Motor Shield for Arduino ...
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How to add .h file to ino
I'm using the arduino along with a Raspberry pi. For this, I'm using ino to compile sketches through the command line. I now want to use the adafruit motor shield along with my arduino. This requires ...
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Best 2a stepper motor driver for Arduino Uno
What is the simplest (from a user/install standpoint) 2a stepper motor driver for an Arduino Uno?
I would like something simple and easy to stack like the Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for ...
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Need help converting a processing sketch for a robot arm with servo shield
I'm currently building a robotic arm. I'm using an Adafruit servo shield, 7 servos, Arduino uno, and a 5V 10A power supply.
I found a program that controls the arm with mouse movement using a ...
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Arduino motor shield vs Adafruit motor shield
What's the different between arduino motor shield and adafruit motor shield?
Can I use adafruit library on arduino motor shield?
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Move robot through the waypoints
My arduino robot has two dc motors as two wheels and have mounted an IR led on it. I get current position of the robot as (x,y) coordinates in the arena using camera which is mounted at the top of the ...
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Student Project Inquiry(Building a Self Balancing robot)
I am currently building a self balancing robot using an L298N motors driver,and MPU6050 using an arduino microcontroller.
I managed to control my motors movements with no issues. After I extracted ...
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Arduino Program uses less RAM then expected and doesn't run
I am trying to make a program for my Arduino that will run 4 motors with random actions (forward,backward,left,right) and execution is determined by a random number generator. When I compile there is ...
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adding a dead band to my motor and gearbox
I have a motor and gearbox that has limits and a pot built in.
I have some code what drives the motor one way to when it hits its limits takes a value and drives the other way and takes a value, then ...
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Arduino Motor Shield
It seems that I can't get the DC Motor function to work while also having servos driven off the other ports :(
#include "Arduino.h"
#include <Servo.h>
int pinI1=8;//define I1 interface
int ...
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Arduino car on bluetooth remote appears to crash when motors started
I built a Arduino robot car which accepts instructions via bluetooth. The instructions are pretty simple, they tell the car to stop, go forward, reverse, turn left or turn right.
When I have the car ...
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Monster moto shield + Arduino +Pololu 12V, 29:1 Gear Motor Encoder hardware problem
Overflow enthusiasts!
I am trying to build a balancing robot with two wheels, using the polulu gear motor as mentioned above. In order to have a strong motor driver,the monster moto shield is used in ...
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Newbie need help to make a motor run for a laser scanner and some questions
I am trying to make a laser scanner consisting of a webcam and a line laser scanner. I have tried to use a manual scanning (by hand) and has worked, but would now like to consider automating the laser ...
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Two motors in one set of pins/plugs
I have been putting together a small robot using an Arduino Motor Shield R3. The shield has two sockets for motors, however the wheel carriage I bought has four motors. I tried putting both right side ...
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Triggering the push button on the analog input of the L293D motorshield
I'm trying to drive a 12v dc motor using three push buttons, one to turn clockwise, the other counter-clockwise and the other to stop the motor completely.
However the code below is not working, ...
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Pro Mini 5v with Adafruit motor shield v1 power sharing problems
I am trying to convert a RC car into autonomous car using Arduino Pro Mini 5v 16 Mhz. I have done this with UNO and Adafruit motor shield 1.0 with 4 gear motors and one micro servo for mounting range ...
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Powering a 6-12V motor using a lead acid 6V battery with 6Amps of current?
Hi I'm using a adafruit motor shield v2 and I need to power a DC motor 6-12V but I'm not sure if my battery will be okay for the shield. Will it burn the shield? I'm going to be using 6V so it should ...
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How to communicate with arduino uno when arduino motor shield connected to arduino uno?
I'm using this Dual Motor Shield
when I plug Arduino Dual Motor Shield into Aruino uno can't seen any way to communicate with Adruino uno.how can I communicate with uno ?
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What is the difference between a motor driver and a motor shield?
what is the difference between a motor driver(like L293D) and a motor shield?
what are the advantage?disadvantages of both?
And which one do you suggest ?
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Do I need the Motor Shield to drive servo motors?
I was perusing Arduino's list of official shields and noticed the Motor Shield that can be used to drive up to 2 servo motors.
Being brand new to Arduino/robotics, I am wondering: do I really need ...
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Coding for seeed arduino motor shield
I acquired a seeed studio arduino motor shield V.2 and wanted to start using it problem is that there is like no good example code. The library for the shield on the seeed website has one example and ...
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Questions Concerning Arduino Compatible Boards
I've seen an Arduino-compatible board called Bluno from DFRobot. I'm curious if a shield, specifically the DFRobot motor shield can be connected to the Bluno.
Can anyone confirm if it can be ...
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Alternative Way to Power Components on an Arduino
I have very limited knowledge regarding electronics. Please help me cure my ignorance on the subject of robotics.
I want to power the Arduino Uno R3, US-015 ultrasonic sensor, and the L298N motor ...
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Arduino Motor Shield and Adafruit CC3000 WiFi Shield Compatibility
My question is similar to this one: Motor shield and wireless transceiver compete for same pins
But not exactly the same!
I would like to know if the solution is as practical, though.
I have an ...
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Connect 5V DC Fan to Ardumoto
I wish to connect 2 simple 5V DC Brushless Fan (80x80x15mm, https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9649) to Ardumoto (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9815).
Therefore, how to I turn on/off the fan as I ...
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Which battery should I use to power arduino+motor shield + two 200 RPM (3.6V/1.5A)motors
I am using two motors ( from old two drill machines - same kind, these are 3.6v motors ), connected to arduino + arduino motor shield seeed studio v2.
When I measured the both motors (indvidually) ...
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MIT handy board like shield for arduino
I'm working with the robotics lab at the university to try and find a replacement for the obsolete Handy Board.
We're considering purchasing arduinos because of their ease of use but we can't seem to ...
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Seeeduino Motor Shield Power Supply
I'm looking to drive two DC motors (on a toy RC car) using a Seeeduino and Seeed Motor Shield V2, but can't manage to get the power scheme right. Right now, a 9V battery connected to the shield powers ...
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Adafruit motorshield disconnected but getting current from Arduino
my Adafruit motorshield is getting current from Arduino board even after disconnected from battery. I was planning to give separate dc power from 6 AA cells to motor shield but not sure if extra ...
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Motor Shield with 4 DC motors + small servo, which battery is suitable?
I am building my first 4wd vehicle with Adafruit motor shield with one Ultrasonic sensor and one small servo to move sensor.
I am facing some problems.
Bought 4 motors (2 GM9 and 2 GM3), found ...
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H-Bridge vs Motor shield for the arduino
Assuming we wish to control a small toy car with an arduino - meaning spinning the right and left wheels forward and backward and being able to break and control the speed, where each wheel has it's ...
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Arduino motor shield will only work in one direction
I have this Arduino motor shield which is hooked up with two DC motors. The board is the same as this one from Sparkfun.
A PWM output controls the speed of the motor, and a digital out controls the ...
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How to detect high/low signal from a DC servo motor using arduino?
I am a newbie to Arduino.
What I am going to do is to change my roll to roll printer to flatbed printer.
Rather using print roller, I decided to move the bed from a stepper motor.I know how to run ...
