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Week 6 L293D Motor Driver IC

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 How the motor driver Works Download specification q Using a Breadboard Using the Pico pico_code\hbridge.py #This is the pin out starting from the top left (Notch is the top) #Pin 1 enable = GPIO pin 1 (PWM pin) #Pin 2 = GPIO pin 2 #Pin 3 OUT 1 = motor lead 1 #Pin 4 GND = GND Pi #Pin 5 If using an external power source connect to the ground of that. #Pin 12, 13 are also GND that can be used to ground the external power supply or Pico #Pin 4,5,12 and 13 are internally connected so can be used for any ground.  #Pin 6 = motor lead 2 #Pin 7 = = GPIO 3 #Pin 8 (Vs) =  3.3V on Pico (Supplies power to the motor)  Can use external power. #Pin 16 (Vss) = 3.3 V Powers the board logic  #IC pins are numbered 1 and up anticlockwise. # pin 16 is top right. Python Coding Using Inputs Casting stings to numbers from input String functions (To split an input) Homework Turn the hbridge.py code into requestHBridge.py from the user to go forward or back and at what speed.  Make ...