Questions tagged [arduino-motor-shield]
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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How do I make my motors speed change?
I'm using an Adafruit V1 Motor Shield for coding two 12 volt DC motors. In my code I'm changing the set speed, but the motors still seem to be going the same speed, which is really fast, and I want ...
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L293D motorshield with batteries doesn't power Arduino
Recently I came across a video about a guy building a remote Bluetooth-controlled Arduino car and I was quite amazed. So I decided I wanted to build it too. I have no Arduino or electronics experience ...
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Will this be possible to do before I even get started. I want to automate my house window [closed]
I will have 2 buttons.
Using Adafruit DC Motor Driver
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3190
Top button is a function, bottom button is mode.
The top button functions.
Window 1:
Single press will turn ...
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How to make motors start when pressing a button, and then go through a cycle with a specific motor order?
I'm very new to arduino and have to work on a project for school. We have connected 3 motors (Servo, Stepper (180 degrees) and a DC motor) to an Arduino Uno, Adafruit motorshield and a pcb. With the ...
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CNC Y-axis stepper moving forward but not in opposite direction
I'm building an CNC mill with an Arduino UNO with a CNC Shield V3. But I have a problem with the Y motor direction. It only moves in one way while the X motor is moving both ways. When I just ...
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How to make DC motors shut off
I have two DC motors that I want to shut off when the servo is at 140 degrees and then turn back on when the servo is back to 0 degrees. So like if servo == 140 motor 1 and 2 speed == 0. I am using an ...
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How to connect arduino mega 2650 and motor driver shield with seperate powers source?
I am building a robot that runs only when a matching rfid tag is identified..for that i need motor driver shield for running the motors and rfid module. The problem is if i attach the motor driver ...
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Combining an NRF24L01 transmitter/receiver with an Adafruit Motor Shield V1?
I'm making a vehicle project as a way to learn Arduino. I've set up motor control for a number of DC-motors plus a servo via an Adafruit Motor Shield V1 that I picked up.
Everything works fine, but ...
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Whatever components we connect to the Arduino, their grounds and 5v pin connection must be the same?
I am trying to connect different types of sensors & motors to the Arduino should I make their grounds and 5v pins on the same connection.
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L239D motor driver not able to drive motors
Iam making a line follower robot , the issue is coming when making motors run.The L239D module has 4 inputs pins ( to control two motors) , 4 output pins (to drive motors) , and 6 power pins (5v,5v,...
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How to calculating requirements of power supply for a project
I am starting with electronics and been working with Arduino for some time now. I did some basic LED and servo motor project and was hoping to jump into making an obstacle-avoidance car. I used 4 AA ...
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Motor not working with L293d shield
My code uploads to Arduino but the motor is not moving when I connect it to the L293d motor driver shield. I am supplying 12V 2A to the shield through an adapter, connected to dc motor at M2. tThis is ...
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Unable to use ir receiver and motor shield together
#include <IRremote.h>
#include <AFMotor.h>
AF_DCMotor motor(1);
int RECV_PIN = 14;//The definition of the infrared receiver pin 11
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
void ...
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Ultrasonic Sensor and Motor Driver Shield [duplicate]
im new to arduino and am making an arduino car. the motor driver shield covers the ports (am connecting an ultrasonic sensor) and i know that we can connect it to the 'holes' on the motor driver ...
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motor driver shield covering ports for ultrasonic sensor
im new to arduino and am making an arduino car. the motor driver shield covers the ports (am connecting an ultrasonic sensor) and i know that we can connect it to the 'holes' on the motor driver ...
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Motor does not work for a specific case when programming with L293D motor driver shield
I tried to make a car that moves using a 4x4 keypad.
Pressing "12" unlocks the car and sets the motors to move forward. After that, if I press 4, the speed of the left motor is reduced to ...
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Adafruit v2.3 Motor Shield Initialization Failure
I would appreciate any help solving this as I have spent several hours trying to debug. My code seems to stop when I get to the initialization of the motor shield.
motorShield.begin();
#include <...
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How does the motor shield determines how much voltage to supply to a motor?
Can i connect 6v DC motor and 12v DC motor, or 6v DC and 12V stepper to adafruit motor shield v1, and an external 12v power supply?
also, how does it determine how much voltage needs to be supplied ...
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Vary the Speed of Motor
I am trying to control the speed of motor through VFD using 4-20mA signal.
I generate the 4-20mA signal using Arduino.I use low pas filter to obtain the voltages from Arduino PWM pins as shown in the ...
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Need help Coding Adafruit v1 motor shield for 3 DC motors [duplicate]
My project is that I am building an animated (singing, dancing, head turning, and arm waving) snowman.
I have 3 DC motors for individual functions that are to be run via Arduino Adafruit V1 card ...
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Adafruit motor shield v1 Need help Running 3 DC motors simultaneously?
My project is that I am building an animated (singing, dancing, head turning, and arm waving) snowman.
I have 3 DC motors for individual functions that are to be run via Arduino Adafruit V1 card ...
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Will L293D arduino shield lose functionality if I connect it with jumpers instead of mounting on arduino?
I'm new to arduino and have bought a L293D motor driver shield which have no heads on the pins. I looked at the pinout and it seems that shield does not use any of the pins "by default". So will it ...
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Motor for a winch (with controller and external power supply)
I'm in need of a motor or continuous servo to power a winch. The motor must be continuous* and reversible, but it does not need to be fast, precise, nor bear a load when powered off. It just needs to ...
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Motor driver shield l239D should be giving enough power but it doesn't
I am doing a line follower robot using motor driver shield l239D stacked with an Arduino uno to run 2 DC motors and two infrared sensors. I am supplying 12V to the motor driver shield trough three ...
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Trouble making my 12v dc motors run on my Mega 2560 Arduino [closed]
Can someone review my code to see if the code is the problem?
If nothing is wrong with the code, can someone look at my image and tell me if I set up the shield and the motors wrong and see if that's ...
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Im having another problem with my code the error is "redefinition of 'AF_DCMotor motor'? [duplicate]
Heres the code
#include <AFMotor.h>
AF_DCMotor motor(1, MOTOR12_8KHZ);
AF_DCMotor motor(2, MOTOR12_8KHZ);
AF_DCMotor motor(3, MOTOR34_1KHZ);
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial....
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I'm coding 3 DC Motors to a Mega2560 Arduino (With motor sheild) and an error popped up saying DC_Motor.h:NO file or dictionary,even tho its correct? [duplicate]
heres my code reduced to minimum
*/
#include <DC_Motor.h>
void setup() {
}
void loop() {
}
heres the error-
/tmp/982713958/Animated_snowman_M1_M2_Arduino/Animated_snowman_M1_M2_Arduino.ino:...
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I have a question,an error occured in my code saying TIMSK was not declared in the scope(There are no errors)
#include <SmartInventor.h>
void setup() {
SmartInventor.DCMotorUse();
}
void loop() {
// M1, M2, M3
// CW, CCW, STOP
// 0-100
// 0-360
SmartInventor.DCMotor(M1, CW, 10);
delay(...
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Problem with PWM pins on Arduino uno [duplicate]
I am working on an Arduino Uno Project of a car with two motors. The motor driver board is an L9110 H-Bridge. Here is how everything is connected:
And here is the code I am trying to run:
//Define ...
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Motors working with Ultrasonic Sensor and Servo as expected?
So, I tried making an Arduino Project(Controlling Motors by Remote and Ultrasonic Sensor would activate Servo when the distance is less than 50cm).
I am trying to build a project, A remote controlled ...
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Arduino Obstacle Avoiding Shield controlor motor L293D
I am a beginner with Arduino . I wanted to make a Arduino obstacle avoiding so I commanded last week an L293D Shield Motor Driver and I don't know if what I receive is the good ithem . First picture ...
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Error to work in reverse VNH2SP30
ım building a rover and ı using Johson 12v Dc motor and VNH2SP30. My code and motor works perfectly but my motor driver works only one way. It cant go to reverse and motor starts buzzing when it tries ...
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motor shield directly to PC? WITHOUT ARDUINO!
Is there a way to connect and control motor shield board WITHOUT Arduino at all.
can i connect it directly to my PC ?
i'm getting confused since i red lot of topics that people use existing pins on ...
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Adafruit motorshield v2.3 not working
I want to connect my adafruit motor shield v2.3 to a touch board from bare conductive so that the motor turns when one of the electrodes is touched.
I've tested the touch part and that isn't a ...
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can't power up arduino from dc jack
Yesterday I was working on Arduino based bluetooth car. I was using adafruit motor shield v1. Arduino and shield were on same power supply(11v li-ion cell battery). Every thing was fine. I decided to ...
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How to Work Two Linear Actuator Synchronously by Using Arduino and VNH5019 Motor Driver?
I am newbie and I want to build a project that contains two linear actuator that move synchronously. Two of them will lift up and down at same time. I use arduino mega and VNH5019 motor driver. I have ...
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Powering Motor shield and Arduino Mega Separately
I'm trying to build a fire fighting robot, that uses 2 BO DC motors, 2 Servos - MG996R and SG90. For them I'm using Motor Shield v1 of Adafruit's make that uses 2 L293D IC's and a 74HC595 shift ...
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Arduino powered from motor shield and USB issue
I am using an Arduino (Elegoo) Mega with Motor shield to drive a digital train set. The Motor shield is powered from a 12v 1.1 amp dc power supply and I have the Arduino plugged into my laptop via USB....
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Is My Motor Shield Broken?
So I am trying to work on a mini battle bot project. However, it has been a while since I have worked with my Arduino electronics. So I am going through and learning how to do each thing before ...
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Using an L298N driver together with servo motors on the same arduino
I'm using an L298N driver (powered by a 12V, 1.5A adapter) on a MEGA Sensor Shield (powered by a USB cable). Everything works fine and I can control the direction and the speed of the DC motor, ...
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Unable to control servo with decoupling capacitor and external power supply, but motor shield works
I'm a hobbyist trying to up my arduino and electronics knowledge.
I can successfully control a hobby servo using an motor driver shield (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-motor-shield/overview) but ...
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Is there an Arduino motor shield library?
I have an old motor shield but can see the revision 3 is still being sold: https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-motor-shield-rev3
When I follow the link for "Getting Started section" the page lists a lot ...
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Servo not moving
I have connected my servomotor (MG996R) to my L293D motor shield, which is connected to an Arduino Uno R3 Board.
I use 4x AA 1.2V NiMH batteries to power the shield, and a regular 9V battery to power ...
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Using Arduino Motor Shield
I'm looking to create a blind controller and have set up the hardware and software as I think it should be.
I had the software working fine using an IC motor driver, but as I am no great at soldering,...
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What is the maximum number of sensors that can be operated on a single Aurdino unit
I currently have an Aurdiuno uno and a motor driver shield: (http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/arduino-motor-shield).
Now, I would like to run the following mechatronic devices:
3 bi-direction motors,
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Arduino Mega 2560 and servo motor in Proteus
Can I get help to connect Arduino Mega 2560 and servo motor in Proteus 7.8
correctly because I tried this connection, in the image below, with sweep.ino.hex in the Arduino software examples but did ...
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Robot can't stop after joystick release
Used the plan from: https://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-RC-Gamepad/
The motor doesn't stop when release the joystick, need help.
Thanks.
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Help with code for pushbutton connected to adafruit motorshield v2
can anybody assist me with a code? I am using arduino uno with adafruit v2 motor shield stacked on top. I am using a pushbutton and one DC motor and I want the state of the push button to change after ...
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Having trouble with motor shield running off external power source
I apologize if I don't immediately give important info, I'm very new to arduino's/circuity of any kind. I'll try to include as much info as possible.
Some preface:
I'm currently working on a project ...
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Code causing Servo motor not to work!
My sketch is compiling and loading, but when the program runs, the Servo motor does not work. The buttons work, the LED light works, Piezo buzzer plays the melody, the Stepper motor works but not ...
