Hi,
i'm having some trouble connecting my AF motor shield to my arduino uno. the problem is that I dont know what to connect since im using 2 motors and 2 servos.I also will be using 4 ultrasonic sensors which will be connected to the board and will get power from a breadboard distributing the 5v power supply from the board. please tell me which pins are the most important for smooth functioning.
Link to the datasheet please. Links to the datasheet for the motors please.
adafruit-motor-shield.pdf (3.4 MB)
Here it is. I'll be using the M1 and m2 for motors
That's sales peoples information, not a datasheet. It looks like instructions for assembling that board.
A datasheet should contain tables listing all parameters involved. Reading tons of text to find..... No way.
Where is the datasheet for the motors?
If you search for adafruit motor shield v1 online then only that pdf shows up
Motor-RS-555-SH_SA.pdf (973.6 KB)
Motor datasheet
Did you notice that Adafruit has a tutorial on how to use your (ancient) motor shield (v1)? It shows how to connect servos and motors.
Edit to add:
You didn't say which of the motors listed in that datasheet you plan to use, but all of them have stall currents vastly greater than the (ancient) motor shield's 1.2A peak capability (stall current is drawn briefly every time the motor starts). And at max efficiency, they all draw more than the (ancient) motor shield's 0.6A continuous capability.
Get a different (modern) shield. Pololu has a good assortment.
2nd edit to highlight the recommendation to get a modern shield.
Then only a helper using exactly that board call tell. I don't use it. Wait and hope!
Read the data for stall current in order to be sure the driver board will manage and not getting overloaded.
...or read the nice tutorial linked in post #7, for that specific board, the Adafruit (ancient) motor driver v1.
Note that that ancien motor shield has two ornamental servo connectors.
You can't shouldn't connect two servos to those pins, not even one,
because servo power gets stolen from Arduino's 5volt supply. And that's bad.
Leo..
Why don't You read it again, maybe a third time?
Watching videos, tutorials, plowing through lots of pages in a project.... that exceeds the efforts I'm prepared to spend on Your question.
If You check things up and then buy the right stuff, stuff that has documentation, maybe even example code and wiring advice, You'll be better off.
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