If you need more info on how to use eithwer of these programs, their respective websites should have lots of tutorials and guides on how to get started with vector graphics. Using these programs is beyond the scope of this tutorial. This tutorial assumes that you are already familiar with Adobe Illustrator, Inscape, or both. It will save you a lot of time if the part is already made! However, if you're certain that the part you need doesn't live in Fritzing land already, read on! Suggested Reading Before creating your own part, double check to see if it exists in those two locations or if another Fritzing user already made the part you need on the Fritzing forum. SparkFun also has a Fritzing Github repo for housing parts we've created not already in Fritzing. Do You Need to Make a Custom Fritzing Part?įritzing comes with tons of electronic parts already installed with the software. The awesome thing about Fritzing is that you can make your own Fritzing parts for your project and share with the community! This tutorial is going to go over how to make a custom Fritzing part in the Fritzing (New) Parts Editor, starting from the beginning. motor.Fritzing example of the INA169 connected to an Arduino.n() to activate the motor in one direction or the other (RELEASE, BACKWARD, FORWARD).To drive a DC motor, we will use the AF_DCMotor class whose functions are to know: In order to interact with the Motor Shield V1, we use AFMotor.h library. Make sure to check in the component’s technical documentation how to use it (Motor Shield V1 datasheet). In the case of a shield, the connections are predefined. Digital pin 9 and 10 for the actuators 1 and 2.Digital pin 4, 7, 8 and 12 for communication with the 74HC595.Digital pin 6: # 4 DC Motor/Stepper # 2 (activation/speed).Digital pin 5: DC Motor # 3/# 2 Stepper (activation/speed).

Digital pin 3: # 2 DC Motor/Stepper # 1 (on/speed).Digital Pin 11: Motor # 1 DC/Stepper # 1 (on/speed).The Motor Shield uses the H-bridge L293D and 74HC595N integrated circuit. Prerequisite : Programming with Arduino, Control a DC Motor with Arduino, Control a stepper with Arduino

A new version of this shield exists, the Motor Shield V2. The Shield used in this tutorial is the Motor Shield V1 from Adafruit. Shields exist for this purpose, to simplify programming and installation.

In an embedded application, such as a Rovy robot, you will have to control several motors in parallel. We have seen how to control a DC motor using H bridge which may require a lot of connections when using the simple integrated circuit. The Motor Shield V1 is an expansion board for Arduino UNO and Mega microcontrollers for DC and stepper motor control.

Fritzing elegoo stepper motor