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In this assignment you will move from controlling servos to DC motors.
\nWhy?\u00a0 DC motors do not drift or jitter like continuous servos. They are also less expensive than continuous servos.\u00a0 \u00a0These small electric motors offer high torque at low speed.<\/p>\n
Before you get started remember THREE things: 2. DO NOT CONNECT ANY MOTOR to your Arduino without using a chip AND the motor controller from your kit.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 The risk is burning out the Arduino so don’t do this.\u00a0 They look like this:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. line up the motor controller with positive and negative on your breadboard.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> If you don’t you will likely burn out your chip.\u00a0 Sadness.<\/p>\n You will build a real life circuit with components from your kit.\u00a0 No tinkercad for this project. 2. Follow the wiring instructions and diagram in the handout to wire your real circuit.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Download this Arduino program once you have built your circuit: DC_motor.ino<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Run and enjoy.<\/p>\n 5. NOW modify your circuit by adding\u00a0 FOUR LEDs.<\/p>\n 6. Change your program so that: 7. record video of your circuit working and turn it in on Canvas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this assignment you will move from controlling servos to DC motors. Why?\u00a0 DC motors do not drift or jitter like continuous servos. They are also less expensive than continuous servos.\u00a0 \u00a0These small electric motors offer high torque at low speed. Before you get started remember THREE things: 1. please don’t cut the zip tie … Continue reading Arduino DC Motor Control<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4008","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4008"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4033,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4008\/revisions\/4033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>1. please don’t cut the zip tie on the motor.<\/strong> <\/span>It holds the fragile wires in place.\u00a0 I was tempted to cut it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n1. Download this handout: DC Motor Control\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\none light at lowest motor speed
\ntwo lights at next speed
\nthree lights at medium high speed
\nfour lights at FULL SPEED!!<\/p>\n