Micro Metal Gearmotor & Adafruit MS?

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I've got an Adafruit motor sheild and a Micro Metal Gearmotor (100:1). I can't get the motor to move at all. The best result i can acheive is the motor to create a high pitched note every time it's told to run. Everything is wired up right. I'm feeding it enough power.

The spec of the motor is:

100:1 Gear ratio
120rpm @ 6V
40mA @ 6V
360mA stall current @ 6V
10 oz inches torque @ 6V

And the code i'm using:

#include <AFMotor.h>

AF_DCMotor motor(1, MOTOR12_64KHZ); // create motor #2, 64KHz pwm

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);           // set up Serial library at 9600 bps
  Serial.println("Motor test!");
  
  motor.setSpeed(120);     // set the speed to 200/255
}

void loop() {
  Serial.print("tick");
  
  motor.run(FORWARD);      // turn it on going forward
  delay(1000);

  Serial.print("tock");
  motor.run(BACKWARD);     // the other way
  delay(1000);
  
  Serial.print("tack");
  motor.run(RELEASE);      // stopped
  delay(1000);
}

Can anyone suggest what i might have done wrong?

2

You should also show the circuit you are using.

Cheers,
Kari

3

I've encountered issues with similar code and haven't yet found a solid sample to expand from. Did you come to a solution with this?

4

Just an idea, but questions on Adafruit products may get more useful answers when asked on Adafruits forums.