# 12.1 DC Motor

The DC gear motor to be used is of 3\~5V, which looks as:

![DC Motor](/files/-LCFETtjJxZrPWxcJMO9)

In order to estimate the race car's speed, we also provide a speed encoder for each DC motor.

![DC Motor + Speed Encoder](/files/-LCFETtz6f1zwYJo2UhM)

Clearly, two welding spots come with the DC motor, which we need to weld out the electrical wires manually.

![DC Motor with Soldered Wire](/files/-LCFETuCQ5TeLjq9PLnG)

## Hardware Wiring

![DC Motor](/files/-LCFETuek6zX-Bd--zYx)

## Sketch

The code can be found at [Examples\_Arduino - adafruit - \_001\_DCMotor - \_001\_DCMotor.ino](https://github.com/LongerVisionRobot/Examples_Arduino/blob/master/adafruit/_001_DCMotor/_001_DCMotor.ino) You can also refer to Adafruit's official website at <https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-13-dc-motors/overview>.

```
/*
/*
Adafruit Arduino - Lesson 13. DC Motor
*/

int motorPin = 3;

void setup() 
{ 
  pinMode(motorPin, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (! Serial);
  Serial.println("Speed 0 to 255");
} 

void loop() 
{ 
  if (Serial.available())
  {
    int speed = Serial.parseInt();
    if (speed >= 0 && speed <= 255)
    {
      analogWrite(motorPin, speed);
    }
  }
}
```

## Note

We will use 4 **L298N** DC motors in our race car. Please refer to [**Chapter 15.1 - 4-Wheel Driven Using 4 DC Motors**](/arduino-full-stack/15_assembling/01_4wheel_dcmotor_driven.md) for more details.


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