Hi We bought the "Inventor's Kit for Arduino", and have a problem with making the 3rd board (the motor one) work. The board has a motor, transistor that controls its speed, a diode and a resistor. (Should be a simple one). When we connect the motor to the 5V directly - it works. When we build th…

Troubleshooting an example motor board - how?

system September 24, 2012, 7:17am 7

Thanks Chagrin!
The kit also has a 330 resistor, and now it is working!
Thanks for the assistance

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