Hi all,
I am trying to simulate a motor controller with an Arduino Uno and a DC motor with encoder and when I run the simulation, I see the motor showing rpm's but the shaft does not rotate as I have seen in other simulations. After connecting an oscilloscope to the A or B signal pins, I get no pulses from those pins. Does anyone knows why is this happening?
Thank you very much for your help!
Here is the specific project I am asking about... https://www.tinkercad.com/things/h4iP51SH4z0
I had to "fake" the encoder pulses using a two square pulses of 1 Hz to be able to easily see if the EncoderEvent function works. I've seen that the counter works. However, the counting is always 0 if the EncoderEvent function is not called but as soon as the function is called, the counting automatically start with a very high number (something like 4,294,967,295 that is the maximum value for an unsigned long???) then count properly from there. Does anyone knows why is this happening?
Thanks for your help!
Solved the variable problem. I was trying to give negative values to an unsigned so as it could not get any negative values it was always going from 0 to its maximum value. Sorry for this... The encoder problem remains.
Try attaching a resistor from one of the output pins of the H-bridge (either positive or negative terminal of DC motor) to power
The rotor would start to rotate but button response requires 2 clicks.
I encountered the same issue and I referred this video and could resolved it