Can I connect 4 6v DC motors to an Arduino with a breadboard and MOSFET Transistors?
Hi Devs, I need to connect 4 6v DC motors to an Arduino for a school project. Can I connect 4 6v DC motors to an Arduino with a breadboard and MOSFET Transistors? I connected them with a quad motor driving shield before, but I accidentally destroyed it, so I'm searching for another solution.
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You can also get a motor module and interface with it. It will prevent your device from getting damaged. @aymen ammari
https://lastminuteengineers.com/l298n-dc-stepper-driver-arduino-tutorial/...
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This is the motor that I'm working on
Welcome! MOSFETs and Transistors are two entirely different things. You can use one N-Channel MOSFET for each motor. Had you used your search engine you would have found this:
Many drawings show R2 connected to the gate, that is wrong it then forms a voltage divider reducing the voltage to the gate. It is not needed but it pulls the port low tuning the motor off when first starting and during setup() until you can program it to what you want. This period can also burn out a MOSFET if it is in the ohmic arena to long. Get a "A". Let us know how you do. You need to do this 4 times once for each motor and Pin 5V goes to your Arduino port pins.
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You can also get a motor module and interface with it. It will prevent your device from getting damaged. @aymen ammari
https://lastminuteengineers.com/l298n-dc-stepper-driver-arduino-tutorial/
Last Minute Engineers
In-Depth: Interface L298N DC Motor Driver Module with Arduino
Learn about L298N Motor Driver module along with PWM, H-bridge Working, Pinout, Wiring, Arduino Code for controlling speed & direction of DC motor.
I already used it but I burnt it by mistake 😅