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ESP8266 Robotics Projects

You're reading from   ESP8266 Robotics Projects DIY Wi-Fi controlled robots

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788474610
Length 210 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pradeeka Seneviratne Pradeeka Seneviratne
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Preface 1. Getting Ready FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266 3. Using Encoders 4. Building a Mini Round Robot with the Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 5. Line-Following Zumo Robot 6. Building an ESP8266 Robot Controller 7. Building a Gripper Robot 8. Photo Rover Robot

The DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing

The DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing allows you to drive the two DC motors that are attached to the bottom chassis layer. Figure 4.2 shows the pinout of the DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing, which includes the following things:

  • Motor power pins: Supply 5-12V DC through these pins to drive the motors
  • Motor outputs: You can connect up to 4 DC gear motors with M1, M2, M3, and M4 terminal blocks
  • I2C pins: SDA and SCL
Figure 4.2: Pinout of the DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries—https://www.adafruit.com

Downloading the Adafruit Motor Shield V2 library

First, you should download the DC Motor library from the Adafruit Motor Shield V2 library at https...

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