Motor not responding on button click

Using Arduino Programming Questions
#1

Hey,
this is my code and my motor does not respond on button click. the circuit is alright and i am not able to diagnose it help.

 #include <AFMotor.h>

AF_DCMotor Rmotor(4, MOTOR12_1KHZ); // create motor #2, 64KHz pwm
AF_DCMotor Lmotor(3, MOTOR12_1KHZ); 
void setup() {
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);    // Use Built-In LED for Indication
  pinMode(8, INPUT_PULLUP);
   
  
    Serial.begin(9600);
              // set up Serial library at 9600 bps
  Serial.println("Motor test!");
  Rmotor.setSpeed(225);
  Lmotor.setSpeed(225);
}
 
void loop() {
 
  bool buttonState = digitalRead(8);
   if(buttonState){
    Lmotor.run(FORWARD);
    Rmotor.run(FORWARD);
   }
  
digitalWrite(13,buttonState);

   Serial.println(buttonState); 
}
#2

Hi,
Welcome to the forum.

How have you got your button wired?

Can you please post a picture of your project?
Can you please post a copy of your circuit, in CAD or a picture of a hand drawn circuit in jpg, png?
What does your monitor show?

Tom... :slight_smile:

#3

What do your debug prints tell you?

#4

For testing, try putting delay(500); into loop(). I suspect you are sending too much stuff to the Serial Monitor and the Arduino is choking on it. Be aware that loop() repeats 1000 times per second or more.

...R

#5