[dorkbotphiladelphia-blabber] Fwd: newcomer says hi and asks arduino question

[Alison Lewis]

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From: Alison Lewis <lewischicken at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Subject: newcomer says hi and asks arduino question
To: dorkbotphiladelphia-blabber at music.columbia.edu


Hi,

I am a newcomer to Philly, and just wanted to say hi to the dorkbots group.
I hail from NYC dorkbots and happy to be here!

On that note, I am new also to the Arduino board and have just bought one to
work on a project. I will be sending data from the computer through the
Arduino to control some motors and wondered if anyone had experience with
it? I am following the online tutorials... and hoping for the best. Any
advice is good at this point.

Oh, and I am running two motors from the Arduino which require a larger
power source than the Arduino can provide. I was going to use an h-bridge
for one motor, but it may not work. Can anyone link me to a possible
solution that I can do quickly (by that I mean... not have to go buy a motor
controller)

thanks so much!

Alison



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