ah91086:
Something’s going on because when I connect the red wire to port 29 on the bread board the motor works the way is programmed but when I use another wire to connect from port 29 to port 30 it doesn’t work even the 0ohm doesn’t work
Could it be that the resistor is not grabbed strong enough inside the breadboard holes. It is a bit loose? Maybe the trickness of the red and brown wire is preventing a good grip on the resistor legs.
Try holding the resistor (with some resistance) between the 2 wires with your two hands. If that doesn’t make it work, even with the 0 resistor, then I’m stumped.
ah91086:
This on/off switch has 6 pins, does it matter which gets the positive and negative end?
If you set the meter to resistance measurement then you can measure the conductivity between the legs. You should be able to identify the pattern in it if you check between all pins. Low resistance means a connection.
The 6 legs are likely 2 triplets of pins that make a dual switch. The outside pins make a connection to the center one based on the position of the lever. The sides separated by the lever are probably isolated from each other. So you will have 2 2-way switches moved by a common lever.
It doesn’t mater which way the current flows, or which is positive or negative. But it does matter which pins you connect it too. The center pin, and one on the side you consider on. The opposite 3 pins work the same way, but can be ignored in your case.
ah91086:
This is how im planning to connect the Bluetooth module onto the Arduino, does anything look wrong? And to power the bluetooth module should it be connected to RAW or some other port (since that port is already being used)?
this is the bluetooth module, and since soldering this would be practically impossible im gonna be using a conductive wire glue. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12574
I see. This isn’t the most practical module to start with, considering it’s formfactor and your dificulty with soldering. It is pretty much required for this. I don’t know about this conductive wire glue. I never used it, but I suspect there could be more questionable connections with it. It seems you should be able to solder those male headers into those halve holes on the sides. Any excess solder can be removed by heating is with braided copper solder wick. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9327
With those solder blobs you made I am wondering what kind of soldering iron and solder you used. Can you shed some light on this? It could be that you did this with improper equipment.
In regards to your previous question, the datasheet doesn’t mention anything about the module being 5 volt tollerant, it only limits to maximum 3.6 volt. Though Sparkfun claims it is 5 volt tolerant. (it doesn’t show a table with absolute maximum limits either) So in my opinion Vdd should definitely not be connected to the RAW pin of the Arduino. This bluetooth module should work on 3.3 volt. (The bluetooth has a voltage regulator on it so it accepts more as power input voltage). RAW from your battery can be a higher voltage which would damage it in the long run. The bluetooth Vdd pin should be connected to the Vcc pin, together with the wire going to the motor. So you don’t have to worry about a hole already being taken. You should just connect 2 wires to it at the same time. This is where the breadboard comes in handy. You can connect the Vcc from the arduino to a hole on the breadboard. And then 2 wires sticking in to holes from the same row go to the motor and bluetooth module.
RX, TX and GND are connected correctly in your latest drawing/photo upload of Wednesday.
So heres the thing, i have to complete this project by the 13th (completion being that I’m controlling the motor via bluetooth with my phone with this app like this http://42bots.com/tutorials/how-to-conn … bluetooth/ ) so anything out of sparkfun is out of the question
Ok I was also wondering if I could connect the VDD from the Bluetooth to the VCC port that isn’t yet connected to anything, so instead of having two wires on the breadboard that are connected to VCC it would be one wire connected to one VCC and then another wire connected to the other VCC