I recently assembled the adafruit motorshield and connected it to arduino. Default state of LED on motorshield is off (e.g. with Blink.pde). On uploading motortest.pde to arduino, the LED blinks for the motor is set to run and switches off for the duration of release. I confirmed this with the serial monitor reading which matches LED on/off. This also aligns with voltage read through a multimeter ( Voltage reversal aligned with LEDs/TickTackTock on serial monitor.Unfortunately, I can not test the output with motors because I have 1.5V motor only,
However, from the FAQs state" The Stepper and DC motor connections wont do a single thing if the LED is not lit".
Am I doing something wrong? Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Maq
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// Adafruit Motor shield library
// copyright Adafruit Industries LLC, 2009
// this code is public domain, enjoy!
#include <AFMotor.h>
AF_DCMotor motor(4);
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); // set up Serial library at 9600 bps
Serial.println("Motor test!");
// turn on motor
motor.setSpeed(200);
motor.run(RELEASE);
}
void loop() {
uint8_t i;
Serial.print("tick");
motor.run(FORWARD);
for (i=0; i<255; i++) {
motor.setSpeed(i);
delay(10);
}
for (i=255; i!=0; i--) {
motor.setSpeed(i);
delay(10);
}
Serial.print("tock");
motor.run(BACKWARD);
for (i=0; i<255; i++) {
motor.setSpeed(i);
delay(10);
}
for (i=255; i!=0; i--) {
motor.setSpeed(i);
delay(10);
}
Serial.print("tech");
motor.run(RELEASE);
delay(1000);
}