No power flowing, please help

what is the part number of the motor control plugin?

Does this help? I couldn't find it.

It might help if you flip the motor shield over.  There's frequently manufacturer and model info on the underside of the PCB.

I've turned your picture round and looked at the motor drive, which actually looks like an H Bridge.

What does it say up at the top right? PM-2 and something under that. Is there any clue as to the manufacturer?

Where did you buy it?

The board shows it was designed by BDG Customs.

There is a video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ulU21j1hc&feature=youtu.be

from their facebook page on March 2014

https://www.facebook.com/xBDGcustoms/?fref=nf

Unfortunately it doesn't give a lot of other info.

It seems that there is no code supplied by the OP .... maybe that is the issue.

Mark

It is currently at my school.  I should have all the information you need tomorrow around 10-11am EST.  As for what it says  beneath the PM2, it says BDG. Hope that helps.  We bought it off some guy that builds the set-up specifically for PS3 controller use.  I'll ask my robotics team teacher.

It is currently at my school.  I should have all the information you need tomorrow around 10-11am EST.  As for what it says  beneath the PM2, it says BDG. Hope that helps.  We bought it off some guy that builds the set-up specifically for PS3 controller use.  I'll ask my robotics team teacher.

Hi Tyler

You must contact BDG and request a datasheet for the board and any Arduino sketch they offer.

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This is a guess...The board looks like an H-Bridge and the reason you have no output is because the software is not switching the Bridge.

This is not a guess....You will need all the details of the board to design the switching sequence.

Peter

I talked with my robotics teacher.  He said that this is where we got the H bridge from:  BotsIQ – PiMios  I hope this can help. 

Hi Tyler,

You can see that the web page contains nothing except a photo.

You need to reach out to the manufacturer or supplier (this is what your teacher expects if he has not supplied any more detail - and besides is the only thing to do

when you don't have sufficient information about a product), and obtain some documentation (schematic, user guide or datasheet and example code,

since it is intended for an Arduino).

They should be able to supply you with that bundle of information.

It also states 'open source' so that means they should be able to supply the entire information mentioned, not just a datasheet.

My apologies.  I have contacted BDG and PiMios.  Once I get a response, I'll post here.  Thanks so much for continuing to attempt to help me despite the hassle I cause.

Hi Tyler,

No worries. If you've not done it before it can be a new thing to talk to businesses in detail about their products. Hopefully you'll hear back soon.