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I week ago, I got my raspberry pi, connected it to a DC motor, and made the DC motor spin using python. now, I'm trying to get the motor spinning both ways. I have tried but failed. What is the best way to do this?

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    What motor driver board are you using? Post your code in a code block. Post a photo of your wiring.
    – CoderMike
    Commented Nov 16, 2020 at 23:26
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    @CoderMike I'm not using a motor driver board.I just took a transistor, connected a GPIO pin to Base, A 3v3 pin to Collector, one side of the motor to Emitter, and connected the other side to Ground.
    – forever
    Commented Nov 16, 2020 at 23:42
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    If your just using a transistor then I don’t think you can reverse the motor. That is the point of a driver board allows full control of motor forward and reverse.
    – CoderMike
    Commented Nov 16, 2020 at 23:54
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    but surely you can flip a motor using more than just a transistor?
    – forever
    Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 0:08
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    You can, of course, build a motor driver using discrete components. You would need 4 transistors in a bridge plus appropriate control logic.
    – Milliways
    Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 1:13

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