Servo and dc motor together , motor stop working

[ilovepie]

I am doing a little school project. I have an arduino uno, sg90 servo, 1 small dc motor(the little ones on the kits) and L298N motor controller.

I have a function to move the motor and a function to move the servo(sweep demo). They work perfect when I do one or the other. When I call one after the other, the dc motor never runs.,

I am using pin 7,8,9 for motor controller and 6 for the servo. I am running the motor controller from a 12V power adapter and the arduino from the USB cable.

Basically, if I comment the servo code, the motor works.

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[johnerrington]

Well done posting a photo of your setup.

Some tips:
1: your code goes in code tags - see the icon above that looks like this </>

2:

I have an arduino uno, sg90 servo, 1 small dc motor(the little ones on the kits) and L298N motor controller.

provide links to the components you are ACTUALLY using - eg

L298N motor controller

3: Use variable names to help comment your code - eg

in1 isnt really a helpful name for a digital pin used as an output.

Why it isnt working:

The Servo library uses a timer

On boards other than the Mega, use of the library disables analogWrite() (PWM) functionality on pins 9 and 10, whether or not there is a Servo on those pins. On the Mega, up to 12 servos can be used without interfering with PWM functionality; use of 12 to 23 motors will disable PWM on pins 11 and 12.

So you need to use a different pin to provide PWM for your motor speed

[JCA34F]

Using the servo library disables PWM on pins 9 & 10, use pin 3 for motor PWM.

[jremington]

Don't try to power the servo from the Arduino 5V. That will cause the Arduino to malfunction and may even damage it.