However the motors will not turn until a HIGH is set to the enable pin (7 for motor one, 12 for motor two). For example for motor one, a HIGH to IN1 and a LOW to IN2 will cause it to turn in one direction, and a LOW and HIGH will cause it to turn in the other direction. The motor direction is controlled by sending a HIGH or LOW signal to the drive for each motor (or channel).

Then connect D10 to module pin 7 (remove the jumper first) and D5 to module pin 12 (again, remove the jumper). In our example we have two DC motors, so digital pins D9, D8, D7 and D6 will be connected to pins IN1, IN2, IN3 and IN4 respectively. PWM pins are denoted by the tilde (“~”) next to the pin number, for example in the image of the Arduino Uno's digital pins.įinally, connect the Arduino digital output pins to the driver module. Now you will need six digital output pins on your Arduino, two of which need to be PWM (pulse-width modulation) pins. Don’t forget to connect Arduino GND to pin 5 on the module as well to complete the circuit. This can be fed to your Arduino’s 5V pin to power it from the motors’ power supply.

If you supply is up to 12V you can leave in the 12V jumper (point 3 in the image above) and 5V will be available from pin 6 on the module. Next, connect your power supply – the positive to pin 4 on the module and negative/GND to pin 5. Otherwise you may need to swap them over when you set both motors to forward and one goes backwards! If you’re using two motors for a robot (etc) ensure that the polarity of the motors is the same on both inputs. First connect each motor to the A and B connections on the L298N module. To control one or two DC motors is quite easy with the L298N H-bridge module.

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