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arduino and DC motor with encoder

PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:48 pm
by matt nor
hello.... I already buy DC motor with encoder... my friends told me that arduino cannot afford to move DC motor with encoder... for ur information.. I used SPG30-150 for my project.. How can i control my DC motor...? actually i'm new user for arduino...

Re: arduino and DC motor with encoder

PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:07 pm
by Idris
matt nor WROTE:hello.... I already buy DC motor with encoder... my friends told me that arduino cannot afford to move DC motor with encoder... for ur information.. I used SPG30-150 for my project.. How can i control my DC motor...? actually i'm new user for arduino...

For controlling motor, you can used Arduino motor driver shield. Then the pulses from encoder just read as hi-low input.

Re: arduino and DC motor with encoder

PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:16 pm
by shahrul
I normally count encoder using Interrupt, but I don't know Arduino have this function or not.