Arduino Video Tutorial - 06  Motorized Pinwheel
Channel: Arduino
Date: 2013-07-30

Learn the basics of using the Arduino Starter Kit  with Massimo Banzi, one of the Co-Founders of Arduino.


In this video you learn how to make a motorized pinwheel with Arduino. To do this, Banzi will be controlling a DC motor using the Arduino board so that he can spin the wheel at different speeds.

However, creating a motorized pinwheel has its own set of unique challenges. For instance, a DC motor works at a higher voltage than the Arduino. This means that it requires more current that an Arduino pin can provide. This is, of course, a difficult problem to overcome, as too much current will burn and destroy the Arduino pin.

You can find all the codes in the Arduino IDE under the menu Examples / Starter Kit
Download IDE: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Discover more about Arduino Starter Kit
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoStarterKit

Originally published by RS Components
http://www.rs-components.com/arduino