Arduino Motion

This page is about building machines and motion control with the Arduino.

Related Content

• Arduino
• CNC Control

Guides

• Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists (first chapter demo) http://cdn.makezine.com/make/pdf/MTM_chap01.pdf
• Actuators tutorial (by Hangar!) http://hangar.org/webnou/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/capsulab101.pdf
• General introduction to electrical motors http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Engineering_Introduction/Arduino_and_Motors/Motor_Introduction

Tutorials

• Introduction to Motors http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Motors/
• Arduino ref http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/InterfacingWithHardware#Physical_Mechanical
• General http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/use.html
• DC motor (H-Bridge) http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/DCMotorControl
• Servo (RC servo) http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/Servo
• DC motor + Encoder (PID control) http://abigmagnet.blogspot.com/2008/10/dc-motor-control-part-one.html
• DC motors + Encoders http://web.mit.edu/2.75/resources/random/Lab_4.pdf
• Driving DC Brushless Motors http://elabz.com/brushless-dc-motor-with-arduino/

Motor Controller Boards

Note: Most of the boards can be found at CookingHacks!

• ST L298N dual full-bridge driver - http://www.cooking-hacks.com/index.php/full-bridge-motor-driver-dual-l298n.html
• Dual H-Bridge Shield (2 DC Motors or 1 Bipolar Stepper) http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoMotorShieldR3
• Dual H-Bridge Shield (2 DC Motors or 1 Bipolar Stepper) http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=69
• Dual DC Motor driver (H-Bridge, only for brusshed motors) http://www.dimensionengineering.com/Sabertooth2X12.htm
• Multipurpose motor Shield (4 H-Bridges: 4 DC Motors or 2 Bipolar Steppers + Servos) http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/
• 6 MOSFET Shield (3 x 5V PWM + 3 x 12v PWM) http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10618
• Stepper Controller (Based on the Allegro Chip) http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/118
• Stepper Controller (Based on the Allegro Chip) http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10267 (Local: http://www.cooking-hacks.com/index.php/easydriver-stepper-motor-driver.html)
• All-in one (Arduino + H-Bridge + ...) http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=56 (They sell it in Ro-Botica)

Note: Check also the CNC Control page!

• Relay board http://www.cooking-hacks.com/indexa.php/shop/actuators/relay-module-arduino-compatible.html

Product categories

• Polulu DC Brusshed Motor Controllers http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/10
• DFROBOT Motor Controllers http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=51

Encoders

• http://wiki.makerbot.com/mle

Motors and gears

• All kind of motors http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/22
• Servo Motors http://servocity.com
• Stepper Motors http://www.linengineering.com/line/contents/stepmotors/
• RC motors supplier http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/index.rc
• Gears, pulleys, etc http://www.mcmaster.com/

Local suppliers

• ELMEQ - All kind of motors, professional service (Barcelona) http://www.elmeq.es/
• FA-SOL - Servos and DC's, RC hobby (Gran Via, 677 Barcelona - 93 246 11 98)
• at cooking-hacks they have motors, too http://www.cooking-hacks.com/

Projects ref

• http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/DeltaRobot
• http://webdelcire.com/wordpress/archives/1514
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Controlling-Hand-Drill-with-Roboduino-Arduino-to/
• AC Motor control TRIAC https://github.com/straga/PIDSPINO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIju0ZUWu_c)

[BETA] Being checked

• http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/ACPhaseControl (triac + zero cross detection)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yEABsNyRfo
• http://txapuzas.blogspot.com/2009/12/paperdimmerldr-control-de-potencia-de.html
• http://txapuzas.blogspot.com/2010/06/regulador-de-potencia-por-triac-para.html (AC monophase motors..)
• http://www.vellemanusa.com/downloads/0/illustrated/illustrated_assembly_manual_k2636_rev2.pdf