Connecting a motor to Arduino UNO Play breadboard

Question

I am new to Arduino and have a small query. I am building a simple system that switches on a motor and switches it off after some time and repeats this in a loop.

The Arduino that I am using is a “DIY UNO Play Breadboard -ATMEGA328P with FT232 Breakout Board” (Rs. 825, or $12.38USD, from Mangalore). The Arduino board is similar in size to a Nano but without USB. The FT232 board has a USB B port on one end and serial pins on the other. My query is whether I should connect the positive end of battery supply to the motor and then connect in series using a motor controller circuit to port 7 and connect the negative terminal to the gnd port.

Or do I need a separate voltage source for my Arduino, because this Arduino has no built in USB ports.

This is my code to switch on and switch off the motor:

int motorPin = 7; pinmode(motorPin,OUTPUT); digitalWrite(motorPin,HIGH); //turn motor on delay(500); //wait digitalWrite(motorPin,LOW); //turn motor off delay(500); //wait

Answer 1

Using same Voltage supply to power Arduino Board and motor simultaneously is usually not a good practice.

So, what you can do is use separate batteries to power Arduino and motor as shown in image below However you can also power arduino and motor from single power supply, but in this case you should first think of current ratting of your battery and current consumption of your Arduino (normally 500mA) and motor. As shown below, Hope it help. Any question Comment below.

Answer 2

You can use the same power supply for both if it can source enough current for both; USB ports usually can not. But what you must not do is try to supply motor current through the Arduino, from any power supply. You need the Arduino to control a transistor switch which manages the motor current.