Hello, I have Arduino Uno board, I wanted to make a simple robot that would move around. I was wondering if I can plug in two or more motor directly to the board? I have read somewhere that it is not safe but the article did not give an alternative as to a different way of creating this circuit. I…

Can I power a Motor directly from Arduino Board?

system February 4, 2013, 6:28pm 3

Thank you,
I am really a newbie, do I need a specific kind of transistor? I have one that is labelled 2N 5060 M643.

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