I'm using a motor shield and it uses a separate power supply(12V) from the arduino's 5V. Am I suppose to tie the arduino's ground to the same ground used by my motors(the 12V supply)?

Connecting Arduino ground to separate project ground

eried August 17, 2012, 2:13am 2

Yup! one common gnd for all things related if you want them to interact

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