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Intel Galileo Essentials

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Intel Galileo Essentials

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Intel Galileo Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Controlling DC Motors

In Chapter 3, Adding Display Functionality, you learned how to connect to the outside world using jumper wires and specially designed hardware called shields. In this chapter, you'll learn the following:

  • How to use the Galileo to control small DC motors

  • How to take this to the next level, learning how to add more functionality using a shield to control the speed and direction of more powerful DC motors