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Arduino ShakeIt Wind simulation

Wotever edited this page Sep 23, 2019 · 12 revisions

Parts required

  • Arduino uno
  • Adafruit Motor shield v2
  • 12V 3 pin fan(s)
  • 12V power source

Estimated Cost : For one fan : Arduino UNO clone 5€ + Shield 6€ + 12v power brick (recycling) + Fan (5€) = 15€ For two fan : Arduino UNO clone 5€ + Shield 6€ + 12v power brick (recycling) + Fan (5€) = 20€

More power ?

Adafruit motor shield V2 is rated for 1.7A (up to 3Amps peak). For high power fans like boat blowers, you may want to use a Monster moto shield instead of a Motor shield v2 : https://github.com/zegreatclan/SimHub/wiki/Arduino-Shake-It#monster-moto-shield

Optional parts

Wiring

Identifying fan pins

For this wiring, you need to identify the GND and 12v pins of the fan, don't trust the colour codes to identify the 12v pin, please refer to the connector, GND is usually black hopefully :

Plugging to the Shield

You can plug more fans by using the other outputs (M2/M3/M4).

Arduino

Stack the shield to the arduino, and plug the 12v power source to the DC barrel jack of the arduino

Uploading the sketch

See Arduino Setup

Configure Shake It

See ShakeIt-V3-Motors---Output-Configuration

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