Attempt of Motor Control

The chassis and gear box belonged to an old RC car that didn't work. Right now it has no input devices and can only run a simple forward backward, left right program.

Motor Control with a SN754410NE

Thanks to the people at ArduinoFun, http://arduinofun.com/blog/2009/10/25/duel-motor-driver/, I was able to make the motor driver work. Here are a few pictures.

Motor Control

So far, my robot does not have any motor control. What I need is a H Bridge or a Motor Shield. That will allow me to regulate and inverse the power that goes to a DC motor. That means I can increase speed or change the direction of the motor rotations. So in theory, I can tell the robot "If there is an obstacle in front of you, reverse and change direction."

There is a link on amazon that shows a motor shield. Click here to see it.

RC Car Body

This is the body of a RC car. It cost about 6 dollars plus tax. It comes with 2 of these DC motors. Overall, I think the car was a great buy since the 2 motors already cost over 6 dollars. I plan to use the back wheels and motors of this car for an arduino project. I'm not sure when I'll get started on it, but I know it'll be after I get a hold of some servos.