Good afternoon,
So I am currently new to electronics but not new to coding.
I am building a simple robot - you know, the little ones you always see on instuctables.
I am using an arduino, and 2 yellow small geared hobby motors (3 - 6v). I use a 9v battery to power the arduino and I use 4 AA 1.5v batteries to power the 2 motors through a L298 motor controller.
Apparently the motor specs are - (RPM - 100 @ 3V... 200 @ 5V... 250 @ 6V) and (150mA @ 3V... 170mA @ 5V... 170mA @ 6V) but the motors are spinning crazy slow, maybe 1 rotation every 3 seconds.
I understand the L298 takes 2 volts, then that leaves 4 volts for the motors.
If anyone has any advice or tips I would appreciate it very much as it would help me progress my basic knowledge.
So I am currently new to electronics but not new to coding.
I am building a simple robot - you know, the little ones you always see on instuctables.
I am using an arduino, and 2 yellow small geared hobby motors (3 - 6v). I use a 9v battery to power the arduino and I use 4 AA 1.5v batteries to power the 2 motors through a L298 motor controller.
Apparently the motor specs are - (RPM - 100 @ 3V... 200 @ 5V... 250 @ 6V) and (150mA @ 3V... 170mA @ 5V... 170mA @ 6V) but the motors are spinning crazy slow, maybe 1 rotation every 3 seconds.
I understand the L298 takes 2 volts, then that leaves 4 volts for the motors.
If anyone has any advice or tips I would appreciate it very much as it would help me progress my basic knowledge.