Voltage Issue. Board only using 5v from episode, not external power source.

sbcshop / MotorShield

Designed to help you get your Raspberry Pi based Robot. This board can control DC motor as well as the stepper motor. You can connect your IR and Ultrasonic sensors to tell your robot about its environment. You can easily make your Line Following, Object following, Wall following, Maze-Solver Robots.

https://shop.sb-components.co.uk/products/motorshield-for-raspberry-pi

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Voltage Issue. Board only using 5v from episode, not external power source. #8

Open acondra2 opened 6 years ago

acondra2 commented 6 years ago

When running Test_Motor.py, the motor terminal voltage remains the same whether using external power source, or raspi only. Any guidance?

Noet07 commented 6 years ago

We are experiencing the same problem. Even when using the Motor Shield GUI. Any news on this issue?