I try to control a Stepper motor with an arduino and a L298. I use the library stepper.h and it works well but i have a problem : the L298 become very hot. So i want to disable the break (the thing that we can't turn the motor by hand), but i don't know how to do this. Do you have an idea ? My code is simple :
#include <Stepper.h>
const int stepsPerRevolution = 200; // change this to fit the number of steps per revolution
// for your motor
// initialize the stepper library on pins 8 through 11:
Stepper myStepper(stepsPerRevolution, 8, 9, 10, 11);
void setup() {
// set the speed at 60 rpm:
myStepper.setSpeed(60);
// initialize the serial port:
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
// step one revolution in one direction:
Serial.println("clockwise");
myStepper.step(stepsPerRevolution);
delay(500);
// step one revolution in the other direction:
Serial.println("counterclockwise");
myStepper.step(-stepsPerRevolution);
delay(500);
}
I took it from here : https://coeleveld.com/arduino-stepper-l298n/
Thanks !