Hi there I'm incredibly new to coding and it is not my forte at all but I'm trying! I want to set up a jig that runs four 3.3V motors at the same time for 2.5 mins when turned on by a toggle switch. I have managed to get them all running correctly with the switch and even them for 2.5 mins if I use…

[image] katieang: I want to be able to press the toggle switch again during the 2.5 mins and turn the motor off (then when re pressed it starts the 2.5 mins running again). See See Using millis() for timing. A beginners guide - Tutorials - Arduino Forum and Demonstration code for several thin…

Hi UK HeliBob Thanks so much for answering and so quickly too!! I had read those but gave them a re read as the first time I didn't understand. I am still unsure how I would include millis into my needs but am having a go. I tried your part 3 and 4 codes and all I was receiving on the monitor wer…

It looks like the baud rate in your code does not match that of the Serial monitor. Change one or the other so that they match

Hello, yes that seems to make it work thank you! Sorry I am very new to this so seems a little silly to make such a basic mistake! Why do you choose a different baud rate than the standard one, I've only seen other codes with 9600, so am curious as to why? As you use byte quite a lot in the codes…

Great, I'll check it out and let you know how I get on! Cheers

[image] katieang: Why do you choose a different baud rate than the standard one, I’ve only seen other codes with 9600, so am curious as to why? 9600 baud is verrry slow by today's standards. It's not a problem to use the highest baud rate your system will support. [image] katieang: As y…

115200 is my standard baud rate. Most/all of the Arduino examples were written a while ago and use 9600 as their standard. You can never have too may standards :slight_smile: If you ant you can use much faster baud rates, such as 2000000, yes, 2 million, if you want to and your connected hardware…

Getting motors to run for set time but be able to stop if toggle switch clicked

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Getting motors to run for set time but be able to stop if toggle switch clicked

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