Raspberry Pi Dual DC Motor

Theorycrafting how to drive two DC motors with Raspberry PI and L293D chip.

Theorycrafting how to drive two DC motors with Raspberry PI and L293D chip.

  • Breadboard
  • Raspberry Pi (any)
  • L293D Motor Driver
  • 2x(5v-12v DC Motor)
  • Battery pack suitable for above motors
  • Colored jumper cables/staples

Notes so far:

  • L293D is internally powered by 5v on RPI.
  • L293D is externally powered (directed to motors) by battery pack.
  • L293D pins 4, 5, 12, 13 must all be grounded.
  • RPI GPIO pins are used to drive motors using 3.3v HIGH/LOW.
  • RPI GPIO requires three pins per motor: Colored pink, brown, cyan.