Tutorials

Step-by-step instructional content teaching specific skills or techniques.

DC & Servo Motor Control in C++ with Raspberry Pi

How to control a DC and a servo motor with a TB6612FNG motor driver and a Raspberry Pi. Code (C++) and circuit diagram included.

Arduino IoT RC Car: 4 MCUs, Wi-Fi Control and AWS Integration

Build an Arduino IoT RC Car with Wi-Fi Control, 4 MCUs, and AWS Integration. Overcome power, SoftwareSerial, and motor driver challenges.

SPI Example with Arduino Uno and MKR WiFi 1010

An example of communicating between an Arduino Uno and an Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 using the SPI protocol.

Simple UART Project Using pyboard and Arduino Uno

How to communicate between an Arduino Uno and a pyboard to start/stop playing music using the UART protocol

I2C Communication Between Arduino Uno and Feather 32u4

An example of how to communicate between an Arduino Uno and an Adafruit Feather 32u4 using the I2C protocol.

Motor Speed Control using an Arduino Uno

How to control the speed of your motor with an H-Bridge motor driver & Arduino Uno. Code and circuit diagram included.

Building a Wi-Fi-Controlled Arduino Car

This project uses the MKR WiFi 1010, an H-Bridge and a servo motor to control a car through a regular browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox).

Getting started with L9110H H-Bridge & Feather 32u4

How to start using the L9110H H-Bridge motor driver & Adafruit Feather 32u4. Code and circuit diagram included.

Connecting a Distance Sensor to Your Robot Car

How to add the HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sonar Distance Sensor to your robot car project. Code and circuit diagram included.

First Steps Building a Robot Car with Python & pyboard

Tutorial to show the steps and resources used to build a robot car with MicroPython, a pyboard and a Maker Drive motor driver