Question

I would like to power and drive a vehicle using:

2 x 6V geared mini DC motors
1 x 5V Color recognition sensor
1 x Arduino Nano

I this possible? If so please explain how and provide a detailed schematic and list of parts needed. How do I supply 6 V to each motor, if the Arduino Nano only puts out 5 V?

Thanks

Answer 1

Given below is the sensor that you can use with the Arduino nano to recognise the static color

This Color Sensor is based on TCS3200, is a complete color detector capable of detecting static color. The output of the sensor is a square wave with frequency directly proportional to incident light intensity.

It has 6 pin connectio for Arduino, two of them are to get power and the function of rest of four are given below

The next thing is you read each color one by one in your arduino.

Now coming to the question of driving the DC geared motors from Arduino. You cannot run motor directl from arduino because the Arduino GPIO pins can provide maximum current of 40mA which is not sufficient for the DC motors, therefore, tou will need a motor driver on between your DC motor and Arduino. L293D is one of the motor driver IC available in the market. Let me show you the connection of Arduino with this L293d motor driver IC and motor.

In this way you can powerup your motor

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