Motor Driver Test on an Arduino

Introduction

There are prolly a billion tutorials for this and mine is prolly not the best but I am writing it anyways. Here is a piece of arduino code that can be used to test if your motor driver is connected correctly.

Connections

I am assuming that the motor driver L293D or L298 has been connected such that the Enable pin is high by default i.e. connected to VCC. In the next tutorial I will put up a circuit like how I think should be done. None the less, the direction 1 pin is connected to 12 pin of the Arduino and direction 2 pin is connected to 13 pin of the arduino.

The Code

The code is as follows:

[code]
/*!
* \file motorTest.ino
* \author Inderpreet Singh (google.com/+InderpreetSingh)
* \license GPL2(see license.txt)
*
* \section Description
*
* \section HISTORY
* v1.0
*
* \description This arduino firmware is used to test L293D motor Drivers
* Change the Motor driver pins at the beginning and the rest
* will work automatically.
*
* I put a lot of time and effort into our project and hence this copyright
* notice ensures that people contribute as well as each contribution is
* acknowledged. Please retain this original notice and if you make changes
* please document them along with your details.
*
* The latest copy of this project/library can be found at:
* https://github.com/inderpreet/
*
*/
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards.
// give it a name:
int led = 13;

// L298D Pins
int D1=12
int D2=13
//int D3=
//int D4=
//int E1=
//int E2=

// Direction Routines
void motorStop(void){
digitalWrite(D1,LOW);
digitalWrite(D2,LOW);
}

void motor1CK(int t){
digitalWrite(D1, LOW);
digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);
delay(t);
motorStop();
}

void motor1ACK(int t){
digitalWrite(D2, LOW);
digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);
delay(t);
motorStop();
}
// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
// initialize the digital pin as an output.
pinMode(D1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(D2, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
motor1CK(5); // Rotate motor Clockwise for 5 seconds
motor1ACK(5); // Rotate motor Anticlockwise for 5 seconds
}
[/code]

copy and paste the code in the arduino IDE and upload. Test and lemme know.

Cheers