Getting Started with 4 Channel Motor Driver and Arduino

Idris Zainal Abidin
27 Jun 2018
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INTRODUCTION

4 Channel DC Motor Driver, FD04A is special designed to drive four DC brush motors. It can be used to drive more than two motors which is needed on Omni drive mobile robot. It offers low cost and easy to use – with minimum interface the board is ready for driving motor with direction, start, stop and speed control.

VIDEO

In this video we will show you how to get start with 4 Channel DC Motor Driver and Maker UNO (Arduino Unocompatible).

Hardware Connection

This tutorial uses:

You can make connection based on the table below.

4 CHANNEL MOTOR DRIVER	CONNECTIONS
Power +	Battery +ve
Power -	Battery -ve
Motor 1 A	Motor 1
Motor 1 B	Motor 1
Motor 2 A	Motor 2
Motor 2 B	Motor 2
Motor 3 A	Motor 3
Motor 3 B	Motor 3
Motor 4 A	Motor 4
Motor 4 B	Motor 4
1 - Motor 1 Direction	Maker UNO pin 4
2 - Motor 1 Enable	Maker UNO pin 3
3 - Motor 2 Direction	Maker UNO pin 5
4 - Motor 2 Enable	Maker UNO pin 9
5 - Motor 3 Direction	Maker UNO pin 6
6 - Motor 3 Enable	Maker UNO pin 10
7 - Motor 4 Direction	Maker UNO pin 7
8 - Motor 4 Enable	Maker UNO pin 11
V - Output 5V	Maker UNO pin 5V*
G - GND	Maker UNO pin GND

*Please disconnect 5V connection when you want to connect your Maker UNO to PC/laptop.

Sample code

This is sample code used in the video. You can edit it for your application.

Thank you

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Getting Started with 4 Channel Motor Driver and Arduino

INTRODUCTION

VIDEO

Hardware Connection

Sample code

Thank you

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