motor with pwm forward and reverse help

Post here about your Arduino projects, get help - for Adafruit customers!

Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

motor with pwm forward and reverse help

Postby Dsr122076 » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:07 pm

OK I purchased an RF 4ch relay board in order to make the motors go forward and reverse. However, The motors are high speed and I need to slow them down. I have 4 PWM available. My question is: Do i need to just put one PWM per motor on the + line? or do I need one on each + and - line because the motor will be reversed?

Sorry I am a noob at this.
Dsr122076
 
Posts: 7
Joined: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:11 am

Re: motor with pwm forward and reverse help

Postby adafruit_support_bill » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:13 pm

Hard to say without knowing anything about the relay board. It usually takes at least two relays to do forward/reverse control of a motor.

These days most people use a solid-state H-bridge like the ones in the MotorShield. http://www.adafruit.com/products/81
User avatar
adafruit_support_bill
 
Posts: 16644
Joined: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:11 am

Re: motor with pwm forward and reverse help

Postby Dsr122076 » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:36 pm

this is the relay board I found. I purchased it before finding out about adafruit:

4 Relay CH DC12V Wireless Receiver&Transmitter Momentary Toggle Latched RF Remote Control Switch System LED SMD ON OFF
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/4-Relay- ... 43990.html

The issue is I need to have it controlled by a keyfob which is why I had that board. So the RF portion of the board I have is crucial.


I also purchased the https://www.adafruit.com/products/1096-- received this one much faster but even when there is 9 v on the activated line the motor will not turn in either direction.
Dsr122076
 
Posts: 7
Joined: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:11 am


Return to Arduino

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests

Stuff to buy from the Adafruit store and links to product documentation!


New Products [114]

Raspberry Pi[82]
 
FLORA[24]
 
Bunnie Studios[9]
 
FPGA[1]
 
mbed[12]
Arduino[60]
 
NETduino[14]
 
BeagleBone[23]
 
Android[6]
 
XBee[10]
More Dev Boards[30]


 
BoArduino[8]
 
SpokePOV[4]
 
TV-B-Gone[4]
 
MiniPOV[3]
 
SIM reader[3]
 
Microtouch[5]
 
Clocks & Watches[18]
 
Drawdio[4]
 
Brain Machine[1]
 
Game of Life[2]
 
MintyBoost[2]
More DIY Kits[16]


 
MaKey MaKey[3]
 
Tweet-a-Watt[5]
 
Young Engineers[39]
 
Discover Electronics[2]
 
Snap Circuits[4]
 
littleBits[3]
 
Project packs[9]


 
Breakout Boards[35]
LCDs & Displays[49]
Components & Parts[70]
Batteries & Power[54]
EL Wire/Tape/Panel[52]
LEDs[112]
 
Wireless[16]
Cables[66]
 
Lasers[6]
Sensors/Parts[147]
 
Enclosures/Cases[11]
 
Solar[11]
 
RFID / NFC[13]
Prototyping[70]
 
iDevices[13]
Tools[71]
 
Wearables[41]
 
CNC[37]
 
Robotics[29]
 
3D printing[1]
 
Materials[25]


 
Stickers[41]
 
Skill badges[55]
 
Books[26]
 
Circuit Playground[7]
 
Gift Certificates[4]