Questions tagged [motor]
Use this tag for questions about connecting, controlling, and safely operating motors using an Arduino board.
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Why is my quadrature encoder writing as irregular intervals in serial monitor after working fine?
I'll try to keep this brief and add code/output at the bottom. I am using an Arduino Uno with a Pololu motor shield and two Pololu motors. I am driving speed control using the encoders at the ends of ...
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Using an NPN transistor as a switch to turn on/off a DC Motor
I am trying to control a 3V DC motor (FA-130) with my Arduino Uno, and am trying to do that using an NPN transistor (2N3904) as a switch, as shown in this diagram.
I used the Blink example and ...
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What type of battery/power supply should I use for 3x SG90S servo motors, 3x MG996R servo motors, and 4x 6V DC motors? Thank you [on hold]
I would like to 3x SG90S servo motors, 3x MG996R servo motors, and 4x 6V DC motors for 1 hour and 30 minutes, but I don't know what type of power supply / battery to use.
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What type of motor should I use to spin a cylinder along its long axis [closed]
I'm working on a project, and I'd like to be able to spin a solid cylinder. The cylinder is about 9.2075 cm the long way, and 0.9525 cm the short way. I don't need a specific speed that it spins at, ...
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DC motors only run in one direction
I'm quite new to Arduino and am making my first proper project, an obstacle avoiding robot.
I'm using an Arduino Uno and a motor shield compatible with the Adafruit motor driver library. I'm trying ...
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How to run 3 mode of operation for each operation has individual push button to select the mode in Arduino?
I need to run 3 modes of operation if 3 push buttons are pushed in arduino. I have made the initiate code logic for one push button and one operation but I got an error message of "redefinition of int ...
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Providing external power source for one channel relay module which will be connected with DC motor for automatic water pumping [closed]
I am inexperienced with any circuit connection. This will be my first time of holding a jumper wire. I want to make an Arduino project for automatic water pumping with 4 sensors, LCD, one servo motor, ...
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Handling arduino output current
I need to power an actuator that requires 12 volts and consumes between 5 and 10 amperes depending on the weight it is charging. Therefore I bought a power supply of 12 volts and 10 amperes.
My ...
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Run DC motor with 2 limit switch and reverse delay time
I setup the feeding system with arduino uno, L298, dc motor and two limit switches. When i press the push button rotate CW and opened gate. All right up to here. But i want to make i pushed button ...
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Arduino UNO and TB67H303HG Ic driver: Wiring question
I would like to control the TB67H303HG (a full bridge driver IC for DC motor
adopting MOS in output transistor) with my Arduino UNO.
This is its datasheet.
I was thinking to connect:
PIN 3 INPUT to ...
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Are my stepper motors being burnt out? What is the issue here?
I am building a mini-cnc laser engraver as shown in this intructable and this youtube video.
I have built the circuit (minus the jst connector and two male pins at the top left of the board) and have ...
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How to rotate a servo motor on a specific angle?
I am trying to rotate a top on a specific angle after every 1 second. For example: 1 degree/second. I have two question:
Can I achieve this with servo motors?
If not, what motor should I use?
I ...
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How to control motor in trapezoidal manner using arduino
I am Working on a project in that i have to control motor in a Trapezoidal motion profile. on Y-axis is the velocity and X- axis as a time.
Velocity increases linearly for a certain time, then ...
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How can i stop DC motor when button on remote is released? [closed]
I am trying to control a motor using a remote with Arduino Mega. The motor turns on when I press the button on the remote but when I release the button, it continues to move. Does anyone know how to ...
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Can you drive a stepper motor without the L293D
Can you drive a stepper motor without L293D.
Don't awnser without giving explanations or saying it will be cheaper to buy the L293D.
Thanks
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Servo motor (HSR-1425R) not running continuously
I'm trying to programme a servo motor to reach certain positions. I have a 360 degrees servo motor, so I can not use the Servo library and I can only control the speed. Therefore I want to regulate ...
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Use joypad to control a robotic arm with 8 servos
I'm using Arduino UNO and the SSC-32U board to control a robotic arm made up by 8 digital servos.
At the moment, I'm correctly able to move each servo by using the following code:
move1(servo_pin, ...
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Help Troubleshooting L298n connected to dc motor
I am relatively new to Arduino, and I am trying to power a DC motor with the L298N dual H-Bridge. I have done as follows:
I am powering everything with the Arduino that is connected to the PC. (I know ...
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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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How to connect L298N motor driver to 5v input supply? [closed]
I'm trying to connect 5v supply to a L298N motor driver at it's 12V-35V input pin but it's not working. If I'm connecting to 7.2V supply it's working. Is there any way to connect 5v supply? I want a ...
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Speed Control of Brushless DC Motor
I cannot understand the code of controlling the speed of brushless dc motor using ESP8266 WiFi Module.
I found it in- https://ubidots.com/blog/speed-control-for-brushless-motors-with-an-esp8266-2/
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ESP8266 NODEMCU V3, HOW TO USE AND CONTROL V3 OUTPUT POWER [closed]
this is my very first post in here so I apologise if I am not giving you all the information that I should.
I am creating this topic to ask you help regarding how to control and use the v3 output of ...
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declared variable inside void setup is forgotten in void loop
if i declare a var in void setup() and try to do something with it in void loop(), it just says that the variable is undeclared. here is the code:
#include "Servo.h"
void setup() {
Servo servo1;
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Spinning ESC Brushless Motor Slower
I am controlling a g-series 1000kv brushless motor with my arduino. Currently I have my setup as follows:
Now I used the code given to me in a tutorial which is also as seen below:
#include <...
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PID controlled DC Motor Speed
I'm writing a PID program for a simple DC Motor. This motor has an encoder at the bottom which allows me to read motor speed. The goal of the project is to provide a constant speed if there is light ...
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Arduino Due and Mega sensor shield control of a 12v dc motor not working
const int pwm = 3 ;
const int in_1 = 18 ;
const int in_2 = 19 ;
//For providing logic to L298 IC to choose the direction of the DC motor
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(pwm,OUTPUT) ; ...
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Encoder coupled with motor shaft.Encoder is giving larger redings than expected
I am a rookie and i dont have much experience on arduino. please help me.
I intend to build a robot that will drive on a straight path even on nonuniform surfaces like the ones we see in agricultural ...
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Servo motor not working properly with arduino
I have some problem with my fyp, which is auto serving of food using train.
I have 4 servo motors, first servo motor's function is to connect the track to table no.1, and second motor for table no.2 ...
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Control motor DC with buttons
i'm new user with Arduino, i want to know if there is a tutorial to control the rotation of a motor like : with 4 buttons, the first to rotate +pi/2 the second to rotate -pi/2 the third to rotate +-pi ...
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PPM of Wasabi Eco
I'm currently trying to control a brushless DC motor (EMAX 1806-2280Kv) with a ESC called Wasabi Eco 12A (Wasabi Eco specifications#1 , Wasabi Eco specifications#2)
I'm trying to control the motor ...
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Slow speed with stepping motor
I am currently working on a project where i need a stepping motor and a servo running at the same time, the servo turns fine and the speed is ok, but the stepping motors speed is very slow and as a ...
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Brushed ESC won't move slowly [closed]
I'm trying to control the brushed motor in a Traxxas Slash RC car with the built-in XL5 ESC using the Servo library on Arduino. I previously had success controlling this car with a Pololu Micro ...
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Basic Arduino Airplane Control
I have a task where I need to control the airplanes thrust and altitude direction(Up-Down). For the thrust I thought of using a DC Motor and a Servo for the other. Control of servo will be from the ...
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How to stop motor after a desired time?
I am trying to stop a dc motor after a desired amount of time !! And the motor starts upon settling on a condition !! From that very moment i want my motor to just run for 5 seconds and stop!! Below ...
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How to control DC motor speed with L298N and Node MCU?
I want to control an RC car with a joystick in mobile. Currently, I can only make the motor move forward and backward but not able to control the speed. Node mcu is used as a processor to receive the ...
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Program to run two motors with Motor driver
I'm trying to make a program that would run two motors clockwise and then anticlockwise. But my program is causing my motors to only run clockwise everytime . It doesn't run anticlockwise at all. Can ...
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Varible Ramp up speed for motors controlled by joytstick [closed]
I trying to create a piece of code which will ramp up the motors speed to a changing value controlled by a joystick. For example joystick requests 120 speed to motors so instead of going 0 to 120 it ...
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Powering an Arduino directly from a motor driver (DRV8825) or external power source?
Hello people from StackExchange,
I'm new to Arduino and driving stepper motors in general; please excuse me for my limited knowledge on the subject. I've been doing research for a few hours already, ...
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Why is Arduino resetting while driving motors?
I am driving motors for my line-follower project . The circuit schematic is given below
The power source is a 11.1V 2200mAh 25C Lipo . Practically the cells give 11.5-12V. I used a switching buck ...
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Can 2 H-Brides be controlled by one Arduino?
The three motors are from windshield wipers, with one of the brushes disconnected in each. The controllers are BTS7960 43A modules
One Bridge for two drive motors (speed and direction), and the ...
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Why shouldn't you connect more than one motor directly to either the 5V or 3.3V pins/rails of an Arduino?
What would go wrong otherwise?
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L293D with arduino's 5V
I am trying to use L293D with relay to power a 12V DC motor. Can I use arduino's 5V to provide L293D inputs 4 and 8 such as in the drawing? Or do I need to use a separate source, e.g. a power module?
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Arduino acts odd when disconnected from computer
I'm building an self-navigating robot with an arduino, an ultrasonic sensor, and two DC motors. I'm currently within the process of coding the robot but I've discovered I have an unusual problem; ...
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analogWrite is not working - while trying to control DC motor speed
I'm trying to control the speed of DC Motor using
Arduino R3
NPN Transistor (2N2222A331)
10k potentiometer
2M ohm resistor
Diode
I'm not using L298N and I'm also not using L293D.
DC motor is ...
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arduino is skipping the if statement [duplicate]
Hi guys I am new to this language and i just tested the code to control a servo motor
Can anybody help me please ? here is the code
void setup() {
servo_test.attach(3);
pinMode(9, INPUT);
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How can I get the count of pulses of two encoders on the serial monitor?
I have two encoders; I connected them to pin 2 and 3 and I want to count the pulses of them to make two DC motors to work until it reaches a specified number of pulses, than stop working. I have ...
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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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Help with code for changing motor speed depending on MPU6050 angles read
I have been trying to create code where my MPU6050 is constantly reading the angle it is at and based on that angle, increase or decrease the motor speed. For example the motor will be off when the ...
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Choosing a motor for my project [closed]
Sorry For my bad English.
I will start to make a mini conveyor (100 cm x 30 cm) with an Arduino Uno.
What is the best motor should I choose for my project ?
- Stepper Motor ?
- DC Motor ?
Etc.
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Servo Motors PWM pins, Arduino Uno
I wanted to understand how people are connecting a servo motor to pins without PWM, so I went searching and I read that the Servo library uses the timer1 of pin 9 and pin 10 to be able to use other ...
