Overview

In this lesson, you will learn how to control both the direction and speed of a small DC motor using an Arduino and the L293D motor driver chip.

The project uses a pot to control the speed of the motor and a push button to control the direction.

This guide was first published on Dec 19, 2012. It was last updated on Oct 21, 2018. This page (Overview) was last updated on May 04, 2015.