Trying to find model of motors of a kit

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Hi,

Recently I bought the following kit from robotshop: https://eu.robotshop.com/products/diy-robot-car-smart-chassis-kit-w-speed-encoder-4w-2-layer-arduino-rpi. But on receiving the kit and putting it all together I could not find any specifications on which model of motors I have. I would like to know which motors I have so I know how to correctly use them. Hope anyone can help me with this.

With kind regards,
Guilliam

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Hi @GuilliamLutz and welcome to the forum.

It should be these motors: https://eu.robotshop.com/products/dc-electric-motor-3-6v-148-dual-shaft-geared-tt-magnetic-gearbox-6x

Feel free to ask anything else.

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Hi @igor_X ,

Thanks for your fast responce. I have a question though. I am fairly new to using motors from scratch. How can I interface with these motors. For your information I want to control them using a raspberry PI4. How do I need to connect these motors and what software steps do I need to do to make them turn. Hope you can provide me with some information on this topic. Looking forward hearing from you.

With kind regards,
Guilliam Lutz

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Hi @GuilliamLutz ,

I think the simplest way to use these motors with Raspberry Pi, is to use L298 Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver. For example this one:

Here is one short tutorial which shows how to connect the motors and there is also sample code available:
https://sharad-rawat.medium.com/interfacing-l298n-h-bridge-motor-driver-with-raspberry-pi-7fd5cb3fa8e3

I hope this helps.