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RC Hovercraft+Arduino

blacklionboy · 2015-03-17 11:07:12

Hi all, Im new to this so apologies if this is a simple question. Im trying to get an arduino to control my RC hovercraft. The simplist way I can see to do this is to unclip thee centre attachment of the motor transistors and to then replace this with a feed coming from the arduino(like the yellow wire in…

17-03-2015 12:07pm

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blacklionboy

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Hi all,

Im new to this so apologies if this is a simple question. Im trying to get an arduino to control my RC hovercraft.

The simplist way I can see to do this is to unclip thee centre attachment of the motor transistors and to then replace this with a feed coming from the arduino(like the yellow wire in https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-13-dc-motors/breadboard-layout).

I've attached a photo of the printed circuit board with the transistors.

Can someone with a bit more experience tell me if this is a good idea?

Thanks
Sean

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#2 19-03-2015 3:14pm

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What are you trying to get the arduino to do?

A transistor switches a larger current such as the motors, according to receiving a much smaller signal current to its base, such as output by an arduino or other microcontroller.

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