[PD] PD, xxxduino and adafruitmotor shield

2010-02-21 Thread JNM
Salut We are in Dakar, Sénégal, for the second PD/XXXduino workshop in west Africa where we prototype a suitcase for the pedagogy of interactive art.(( http://www.craslab.org/valise (draft, english soon))) We try to find a solution to control the stepper motor and dc motor with PD

Re: [PD] PD, xxxduino and adafruitmotor shield

2010-02-21 Thread Derek Holzer
All you need to drive a DC motor is simply some kind of transistor. The Arduino cannot provide enough current, that is all. With stepper motors, it's a bit more complicated since there is a forward and a reverse pulse. Also, if you want to be able to change the direction of the DC motor, then