I am hoping Amedee can share the UNO sketch and breadboard layout so I can test the new fans I bought.
If they work in this setup, I can consider putting them in my UMO
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PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
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Re: PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
You have some transistor in house?
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I might! I have all the contents of the Sparkfun Inventor's Kit and a few odds and ends
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If you can give me the reference of what you have and also the Amp rating of your fan, I can check if it will work and which resistor we need...
You probably need a flyback diode as well (1N400x or whatever) unless the transistor has one builtin.
You probably need a flyback diode as well (1N400x or whatever) unless the transistor has one builtin.
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Re: PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
You are all set
So you need something like this: For the transistor & diode, use what you have.
For the resistor, to be safe use 2 330 Ohms in series.
That gives us on the breadboard Now, be careful with the transistor, you need the minus on the emitter and the fan/diode on the collector side (I find the drawing confusing)
Batteries are your 12V battery
Sketch in next episode
So you need something like this: For the transistor & diode, use what you have.
For the resistor, to be safe use 2 330 Ohms in series.
That gives us on the breadboard Now, be careful with the transistor, you need the minus on the emitter and the fan/diode on the collector side (I find the drawing confusing)
Batteries are your 12V battery
Sketch in next episode
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Re: PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
Can the USB provide enough power?
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Re: PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
Here it is...
Note that all this is untested
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/*
PWM Fan Test
*/
/*
Arduino Pin assignement
*/
// Digital
const int usbSerialRxPin = 0; // Reserved
const int usbSerialTxPin = 1; // Reserved
const int fanPin = 3; // Fan control (pwm)
/*
Globals
*/
uint8_t fanSpeed = 0; // Start as ...
/*
Setup routine
*/
void setup() {
// Serial
Serial.begin(9600);
// Fan pin setup
pinMode(fanPin, OUTPUT);
analogWrite(fanPin, fanSpeed);
Serial.println("Setup done");
Serial.println("Enter desired fan speed (0-100%)");
}
/*
Main loop
*/
void loop() {
// Check input
if (Serial.available()) {
long i = Serial.parseInt();
if (i < 0 || i > 100) {
Serial.println("Invalid input");
} else {
Serial.print("Setting fan to ");
Serial.print(i);
Serial.println("%");
fanSpeed = 255 * i / 100;
analogWrite(fanPin, fanSpeed);
}
}
}
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Re: PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
USB powers the Arduino.LePaul wrote:Can the USB provide enough power?
You should power the fan separately (I remember I saw A 12v battery in one of your pictures)
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Re: PWM test sketch for Arduino UNO?
Oh yes have many of those