DC motor - spinning snowflake
Description:
Used a DC motor to experiment with motion as output. It was difficult to find something that would attach to the spinning part of the motor without flying off. I finally found a mini clothespin that could pretty much only hold a piece of paper. I took an old paper snowflake from our winter decorations and decided to give it motion and make it spin! video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRoU5RxBTEc
Materials Used:
- DC Motor
- Transistor
- Diode
- Potentiometer
- Battery pack
- Paper snowflake
Code:
int potPin = 0; // select the input pin for the potentiometer
int motorPin = 9; // select the pin for the Motor
int val = 0; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
val = analogRead(potPin); // read the value from the sensor, between 0 - 1024
Serial.println(val);
analogWrite(motorPin, val/4); // analogWrite can be between 0-255
}
