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2019-11-02 9:55 am
Hi, this is my first post. I'm unable to find an answer to my questions.
I'm building a robot base which uses 2x L298n to run 4 DC Gearmotors 12V, connecting to a Arduino Mega. I have encoutered a repeating problem with the driver. Everything is connected and running. I have used a power supply to test it (up to 31 V and 10 A) the problem i'm having is that no matter how high of voltage i'm using i can't send a command with lower PWM (0-255 enA, enB) signal than 130 to run the motors.
Example: With the power supply and 255 pwm i can run both of the motors with 3 V, but with the 16 V i'm unable to lower the speed below 130 pwm, which basiclly means that my speeds are fast - very fast which makes no difference to me, i want to have lower speeds as well.
For the code I'm using the completely basic one with pin Modes, digital Write to HIGH/LOW and analogWrite to set the speed. I don't know much about PWM or L298n and the videos i have watch don't really talk about it, I have L298n from two different suppliers and the same thing happens with both.
If i were to guess I would say that the problem lies in communication between my MEGA and L298n, maybe the PWM frequency. Should I try with the PWM frequency arduino library or does that have nothing to do with my problem?
Dino Keran
2019-11-02 3:51 pm
Hi Dino
First of all welcome to the forum!
Is it possible that the pin you are using on your Arduino is not one of the PWM-enabled ones? I'm asking because your problem sounds like what would happen if you did an analogwrite to a non-PWM pin.
Of the 54 digital I/O pins on the Arduino Mega only 15 of them are capable of PWM.
And at the risk of sounding blatantly self-promotional I did a video and article about using the L298N with an Arduino, perhaps it will help you.
Hope some of this helps, again welcome to the forum!
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Bill
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