Cannot get the motors to work for this robot

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hey guys. I am not getting any movement or anything from the two dc motors. I am using a l239d driver 

here is the code and also a attachment of the wiring.Thanks I hope someone can help me

#include <Servo.h>

#include <NewPing.h>

 

//Below are the symbolic constants. Instead of having to type in a non-sensical pin number each time we want to do something we can write an easy to understand name which represents the pin, the compiler will then replace the names with the numbers

#define LeftMotorForward 8

#define LeftMotorBackward 9

#define RightMotorForward 10

#define RightMotorBackward 11

#define USTrigger 3

#define USEcho 2

#define MaxDistance 100

#define LED 13

 

//Here we have created two 'objects', one for the servo and one for the ultrasonic sensor

Servo servo;

NewPing sonar(USTrigger, USEcho, MaxDistance);

 

//Below we are creating unsigned integer variables which we will use later on in the code. They are unsigned as they will only have postive values

unsigned int duration;

unsigned int distance;

unsigned int FrontDistance;

unsigned int LeftDistance;

unsigned int RightDistance;

unsigned int Time;

unsigned int CollisionCounter;

 

void setup()                                            //This block happens once on startup

{

  Serial.begin(9600);                              //I have included the serial initialize but commented it out, if you want to debug and print information to the serial monitor just uncomment

 

  //Here we are setting the pin modes. As we will sending out signals from the pins we set them as outputs

  pinMode(LeftMotorForward, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(LeftMotorBackward, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(RightMotorForward, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(RightMotorBackward, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);

  servo.attach(6);                                    //The servo is attached to pin 4

}

 

void loop()                                           //This block repeats itself while the Arduino is turned on

{

  servo.write(90);                                    //Rotate the servo to face the front                  

  scan();                                             //Go to the scan function

  FrontDistance = distance;                           //Set the variable FrontDistance to the value of the distance returned from the scan function

  Serial.println("Front distance = ");

  Serial.print(distance);

  if(FrontDistance > 40 || FrontDistance == 0)        //If there is nothing infront of the robot within 40cm or the distance value is 0 (which for the newping libary means no ping was returned) then...

  {

   moveForward();                                     //Go to the moveForward function

  } 

  else                                                //Else (if there is something infront of the robot within 40cm) then...

  {

    CollisionCounter = CollisionCounter + 1;

    moveStop();                                       //Go to the moveStop function

    navigate();

  }

}

 

void moveForward()                                    //This function tells the robot to go forward 

{

  Serial.println("");

  Serial.println("Moving forward");

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorBackward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorForward, HIGH);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorBackward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorForward, HIGH);

}

 

void moveBackward()                                  //This function tells the robot to move backward

{

  Serial.println("");

  Serial.println("Moving backward");

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorForward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorBackward, HIGH);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorForward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorBackward, HIGH);

}

 

void moveLeft()                                      //This function tells the robot to turn left

{

  Serial.println("");

  Serial.println("Moving left");

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorForward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorBackward, HIGH);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorBackward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorForward, HIGH);

 

}

 

void moveRight()                                    //This function tells the robot to turn right

{

  Serial.println("");

  Serial.println("Moving right");

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorBackward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorForward, HIGH);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorForward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorBackward, HIGH);

}

 

void moveStop()                                     //This function tells the robot to stop moving

{

  Serial.println("");

  Serial.println("Stopping");

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorBackward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(LeftMotorForward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorForward, LOW);

  digitalWrite(RightMotorBackward, LOW);

}

void scan()                                         //This function determines the distance things are away from the ultrasonic sensor

{

  Serial.println("");

  Serial.println("Scanning");

  Time = sonar.ping(); 

  distance = Time / US_ROUNDTRIP_CM;

  delay(500);

}

void navigate()

{

    Serial.println("There's an obstacle!");

    servo.write(167);                                 //Move the servo to the left (my little servos didn't like going to 180 so I played around with the value until it worked nicely)

    delay(1000);                                       //Wait half a second for the servo to get there

    scan();                                           //Go to the scan function

    LeftDistance = distance;                          //Set the variable LeftDistance to the distance on the left

    Serial.println("Left distance = ");

    Serial.print(distance);

    servo.write(0);                                   //Move the servo to the right

    delay(1000);                                       //Wait half a second for the servo to get there

    scan();                                           //Go to the scan function

    RightDistance = distance;                         //Set the variable RightDistance to the distance on the right

    Serial.println("Right distance = ");

    Serial.print(distance);

    if(abs(RightDistance - LeftDistance) < 5)

    {

      moveBackward();                                  //Go to the moveBackward function

      delay(200);                                      //Pause the program for 200 milliseconds to let the robot reverse

      moveRight();                                     //Go to the moveRight function

      delay(100);                                      //Pause the program for 200 milliseconds to let the robot turn right

    }

    else if(RightDistance < LeftDistance)                  //If the distance on the right is less than that on the left then...

    {

     moveLeft();                                      //Go to the moveLeft function

     delay(100);                                      //Pause the program for half a second to let the robot turn

    }

    else if(LeftDistance < RightDistance)             //Else if the distance on the left is less than that on the right then...

    {

     moveRight();                                     //Go to the moveRight function

     delay(100);                                      //Pause the program for half a second to let the robot turn

    }

}

hey

hey man thanks i did that with all the blue wires out then one by one tested

left motor went forward

left motor went backwards

rght motor forward

right motor backwrds

so.success right?

so any idea why when its all togther  im not getting movement.

could it be my power source/ and or wiring for it