Hello, new to this site so sorry if anything is in the wrong spot. I have this L298N motor driver. I am using it to run my 5v stepper from my DVD/CD Drive. The thing is, I power the driver with 5v in the +5v input but then the motor does not run.. (I hear it struggling) I put the 5v into the +12 input and it works great!? So why does it do this? Is it safe? I don't want to damage my board.
I have also tested this with my external 5v supply and it does the same thing so it is not just the Arduino.
It seems like the +5v and the +12v silk label traces (I think that is what they're called) are opposite. Could it be they were labeled backward?
(I know you can have a 5v output if you're using >12v and take the jumper away.)
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I have also tested this with my external 5v supply and it does the same thing so it is not just the Arduino.
It seems like the +5v and the +12v silk label traces (I think that is what they're called) are opposite. Could it be they were labeled backward?
(I know you can have a 5v output if you're using >12v and take the jumper away.)
HAVE A LOOK AT THE VID