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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Adafruit motor shield LED not lighting up
My LED in motor shield is not lit even when I connect the batteries and all other things.
I am using an Adafruit shield.
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Is it safe to use the same power source for Arduino and its Motor shield?
Is it safe to use a unique 12V 5A DC power source to feed both Arduino and its connected Motor shield, provided that
the motor (connected to the shield) will eat 3A maximum
the Arduino Vin will get ...
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use more no of batteries for more current for servos,why using motor shield?
motor driver is for current amplification.for that we could connect more batteries to servos to get more current.but why are we using motor shields?
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Connecting another motor driver to idle pins on Arduino
A motor driver uses 6 digital pins and 2 analog pins to connect to Arduino. Another 8 digital pins and 4 analog pins remain idle. Can we connect another motor driver to these pins?
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Arduino project feasibility
Question completely rewritten
Trying to assess an Arduino project feasibility. New to Arduino... but did a lot of controller programming (assembly), Roboteq (C) and Phidgets (C++) , using various ...
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Motor Shield and HC-06 Bluetooth Module competing for pins
So my problem is this, I have an Arduino Uno with an Adafruit Motor Shield (1.0) and an HC-06 Bluetooth Module and I want to use them at the same time, the problem is that the Motor Shield uses all ...
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Problem with wrapping Adafruit Motor Controller function calls in a class
I'm working on an Arduino robot and I ran into a problem when reorganizing my code. I have an Adafruit Motor Shield v2.3 connected to an Arduino Uno. My robot can be controlled using a bluetooth ...
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Trying to figure out how to use an extension board with Pi
I am trying to make the following board work with Raspberry Pi.
Board Name: L293D Motor Drive Shield Expansion Board for Arduino Mega Raspberry Pi
All I need to know is which pins do the following:
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How do I connect components to the Arduino with a motorshield?
How would I connect components to the Arduino with this motor shield?
Thanks :)
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Shield L6474 and motor equiped with a reducer
I use a motor shield based on the L6474 and this library. My motor is equiped with a reducer and i want to use the function SetHome(uint8_t shieldId) but is it going to record the position of the ...
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Should I control each of the four robot wheel separately or wire two from each side together?
I am making a remote controlled Arduino robot. I has 4 DC motors for wheels. I have 2 motor drivers available that control two dc motors each. I was wondering what the downsides are of wiring 2 dc ...
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Ardupilot APM 3.1 to run DC motors using motorshield
I am working on APM 3.1 to make an autonomous vehicle. I checked on net most of people are using brush-less motors with esc which I know how to connect to APM and r/c receiver. I want to use separate ...
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Motor 4 runs… only when running the stepper on the other side?
I'm using the old-adafruit-arduino-shield I bought from Sainsmart awhile ago, and I was glad to see it has good performance moving a stepper motor (4 wires, connected to motor-#1 and #2). However, the ...
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motor does not move without Serial.println
having strange behavior with motor shield and steppers. when i'm trying to make onestep, motor just makes some high-frequent noise, but when i add Serial.println for debugging, it moves as intended.
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How can I control 4 DC motors with an Arduino?
In a few months, I am planning to construct an Arduino robot with multiple sensors etc. I will use an arduino mega and a 4wd chassis like the one here: Chassis. The chassis uses 4 DC motors. I was ...
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how do I power my motor shield without an arduino uno?
I want to power my motor shield without my UNO. I have connected the +ve and -ve terminals resulting in lighting up of the LED.
Is there any way to control the motors in this arrangement from the ...
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What is the wiring of arduino motor shield to Nano?
I have the basic version of the stepper motor driver and a Nano, I see the pins are set to plug directly in to a Uno or similar Arduino, but according to the documentation it just needs most of the ...
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Some good arduino motor drives
I need some motor drives that can control a dc motors with 10-15 A and 25 V. I can't find any shield that can do the job. I need to control 4 motors with these.
Can You suggest me some models that are ...
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Arduino original motor shield can not supply enough torque to the motor?
I am using original Arduino motor shield L298P with Arduino uno.
I disassembled an electric screw driver which came out with a 4.8 v battery pack and a 4.8v specified DC motor.
I connected battery ...
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Can this Motor shield support other arduino functions?
http://www.flipkart.com/grab-em-l293d-motor-driver-arduino-shield/p/itmehvzzpzj4wyby?pid=ETYEHVZZFFHRFMFG
I want to ask whether this shield will allow me to use the free pins of arduino for other ...
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Using L293 as step-down convertor
If my power source provides 12V, and my motors are rated for 3V-6V, will it be OK to use the L293 motor shield and just provide the PWM pin of the motor shield with 25%?
Is it a feasible option?
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Controlling brushless gimbal motor
I'm using a standard board for control this type of motor (SimpleBGC), this board uses an atmeg328p e some brushless drivers. I'm writing a simple code for turn left/right with some velocity, but i'm ...
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Motor controller for 24v motor, Arduino Uno
I need a motor controller for a 24v motor and I want to control it using än Arduino Uno. Suggestions?
The motor needs to run both directions and is going to draw about 5A
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Making my own motor shield [closed]
My motor shield is not working while feeding codes to rotate motors. Now making my own motor shield. May anyone help me how to make one???
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Only 1 DC motor spinning with motor driver l298N and arduino UNO? [closed]
So, I am making an RC Car and the problem is, that when the two motors i have should go forward, only one does, and when I turn off one motor, the other one works normally... I am powering the motor ...
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Troubleshooting duplicate libaries (Arduino motor shield and stepper motor)
I have tried a software. It work flawless on the first laptop in a fresh install arduino IDE environment with the libraries I imported.
However when I copy the exact same program over. I get lot of ...
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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:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item-img/New-2WD-car-chassis-DC-gear-motor-wheels-easy-assembly-and-...
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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
/*
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 ...
