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Controlling DC Motors With the L298N H Bridge and Arduino

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This beginner course explains DC motors and H-bridges, then demonstrates wiring an L298N motor controller to an Arduino. Learners control motor speed and direction with PWM, potentiometers, and a joystick before building a simple robot car.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- What is a DC Motor & Where is it used?
- How does a DC Motor work?
- What is an H-Bridge?
- Popular L298N Interface boards
- L298N Module Pinouts and hookup
- Understanding PWM Pulse Width Modulation
- Testing the L298N without a controller
- Arduino Hookup to L289N
- Sketch 1 - Motor Control Demo
- Motor Control Demo
- Potentiometer Hookup to Arduino and L298N Module
- Sketch 2 - Two Potentiometer Control Demo
- Two Potentiometer Control Demo
- Joystick and Arduino Hookup
- Sketch 3 - Joystick Control Demo
- Driving our car!

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