Motorshields, and Choppers
December 28th, 2009
My Brother got me an AdaFruit MotorShield for Xmas. I’ve used it to revive an old project that I had temporarily given up on. I was trying to build my own Helicopter drone, I ended up buying most of the parts from HERE. The brains of the vehicle cost over $400.00, which I am not willing to buy, so instead I’m using the Motorshield on an Arduino to control the rotors, the input control is a pair of thumbsticks ripped out of an old Playstation game controller. So far everything seems to be working. We will see if it can fly when I put in the super battery (which freightens me)
MotorShield on Arduino
DC Brushed Motor
Playstation Thumbsticks
Thanks Ian!
Did you ever get any further with this? I’m thinking about building an Arduino powered drone.