Vibration motor with Arduino Nano not working

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I am having trouble making a simple vibration motor work with my Nano

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This is my circuit and I am using a 1N4004 diode.
I think the circuit is the problem as the code is very simple and when I tried the same code with an Arduino UNO the motor worked just fine.

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Never power a motor with your Arduino’s 5v pin.

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That's a Fritzing, a coloured bird nest picture, a toy picture. Please use
real, properly drawn schematics. Schematics show what transistor You use and how it's connected.

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Which one? Link to datasheet please.

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Here is the actual schematics, not sure if it is properly drawn but I hope it is more clear

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Also for the motor I bought at an electronics store so I don't have the data sheet, but here is the link for the store I bought it from

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  • The Arduino 5V pin is not for use with motors.

  • Measure the motor's resistance with a DMM, what do you get ?

  • What is Vce when you try to turn on the motor ?

  • Try a 220 ohm resistor.

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Thanks, well done.
The vibro motor supply should connect its negative to GND and positive, via a resistor, as @ LarryD says, to the positive of the power supply.

4 kOhm is maybe a bit too much. Try some 270 Ohm. That brings more power to the motor.

Please use autoformat, Ctrl + T in the IDE. Then copy, click the code tag symbol, </> and paste into the reply.

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