5: Thursday, April 3rd
- Apr 3, 2025
- 1 min read
Today, we worked on creating the code for our motor to spin. We are using an Arduino Uno R3, and we also tried connecting the servo to the code to demonstrate what our motor (which controls speed) and our servo (which controls direction) will look like for our actual car. However, we realized that we need to figure out the RF transmitters first so the motors and servos have a sensor to control them.
We also downloaded KiCad, which is the software we will use to design our circuit to be printed on the Voltera printer. We started conceptualizing what our circuit board design will look like, and we plan to spend more time next class focused on creating our design. Below are our preliminary designs for our circuit board, which we made with KiCad.
My group also wants to create a circuit board for our project, but we are holding off on that for now because we feel like that is not an essential part of our project. In that case, if we get pressed with time, the circuit board can take the hit, while our project will still work. However, I don't know if that's the case for you because size may be an issue of importance for you.
Cool! Does the brushless motor work with Arduino as well?