Hello everyone,
I am having trouble driving an rc motor with the motor shield. The specific motor i'm using:
I copied some very simple code from a tutorial on a website, and hooked up the motor to the shield. I am using a 9V battery as a power supply. When I upload the code to the arduino, everything is fine. However, the motor just does nothing. The lamps on the channel are on though. The code i'm using is:
void setup() {
//Setup Channel A
pinMode(12, OUTPUT); //Initiates Motor Channel A pin
pinMode(9, OUTPUT); //Initiates Brake Channel A pin
}
void loop(){
//forward @ full speed
digitalWrite(12, HIGH); //Establishes forward direction of Channel A
digitalWrite(9, LOW); //Disengage the Brake for Channel A
analogWrite(3, 255); //Spins the motor on Channel A at full speed
delay(3000);
digitalWrite(9, HIGH); //Eengage the Brake for Channel A
delay(1000);
//backward @ half speed
digitalWrite(12, LOW); //Establishes backward direction of Channel A
digitalWrite(9, LOW); //Disengage the Brake for Channel A
analogWrite(3, 123); //Spins the motor on Channel A at half speed
delay(3000);
digitalWrite(9, HIGH); //Eengage the Brake for Channel A
delay(1000);
}
I've included some pictures of my setup. I really don't know why it's not working, so I'm hoping you might be able to help me.
Thanks in advance,
Mees
