Controlling DC Motors with the L298N H Bridge and Arduino

In this video, I'll show you how to use the L298N H-Bridge Motor Controller with an Arduino. Includes plans for a simple robot car. Get more info about using the L298N at https://dronebotworkshop.com/dc-motors-l298n-h-bridge/ More articles and tutorials: https://dronebotworkshop.com Join the conversation on the forum: https://forum.dronebotworkshop.com Subscribe to the newsletter and stay in touch: https://dronebotworkshop.com/subscribe/ The L298N Dual H-Bridge Motor Controller is an inexpensive device that allows you to control two independent DC motors using 5-volt digital logic signals, such as the digital output pins of an Arduino. The L298N can also be used to control a single stepper motor or two sets of LED lighting strips. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to control two 6-volt DC motors with the L298N. First, we will enlighten ourselves by learning a quick bit of the history of DC motors and discovering how they actually work. We will also learn what an “H-Bridge” is, how it works, and how we can control the direction of rotation of a DC motor with it. We will then quickly discuss the concept of Pulse Width Modulation, or PWM, as it is used to control the speed of DC motors. Don’t worry, it’s a lot easier than it sounds! Then we will look at how the L288N H-Bridge module actually works, how to hook it up to a couple of motors, and how to power it correctly. Next, we will connect the L298N Dual H-Bridge Motor Controller to an Arduino. Once that's done we’ll run a motor demo sketch to put the device through its paces. After the demo, we will expand upon our sketch to allow a couple of potentiometers (connected to the Arduino’s analog inputs) to control the speed of each motor. And now that we’ve become experts we will replace the potentiometers with a joystick and use it to control the motors. Just for fun, we’ll use this setup to build an Arduino-driven car! The L298N Dual H-Bridge Motor Controller is a very versatile device that is sure to find a lot of use in your robotics and IoT projects. Anywhere you want to make things move with an Arduino! This is a long video, so if you’d like to jump ahead to a specific spot here is the table of contents: 00:00 - Introduction 01:25 - What is a DC Motor & Where is it used? 03:01 - How does a DC Motor work? 04:17 - What is an H-Bridge? 05:25 - Popular L298N Interface boards 06:49 - L298N Module Pinouts and hookup 09:04 - Understanding PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) 09:58 - Testing the L298N without a controller 13:28 - Arduino Hookup to L289N 14:53 - Sketch 1 - Motor Control Demo 19:29 - Motor Control Demo 20:38 - Potentiometer Hookup to Arduino and L298N Module 21:38 - Sketch 2 - Two Potentiometer Control Demo 25:08 - Two Potentiometer Control Demo 25:43 - Joystick and Arduino Hookup 27:52 - Sketch 3 - Joystick Control Demo 34:22 - Driving our car! For more information and other great projects and tutorials please visit https://dronebotworkshop.com/ . And if you enjoyed this video please like it and subscribe to the DroneBot Workshop YouTube channel!