Thank you all for you help. I am going to be using an Instructables tutorial to see if it will work. I will be trying it sometime this week.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DC-Moto ... and-L293D/

Hi, I need help running a motor on a timer. I want the motor to run for ~5 seconds every ~12 hours. I used a tutorial by TutsPlus but it ]didn't really work as planned. I am using a Raspberry Pi 3, L293D motor driver chip, breadboard, wires, 6V battery pack, and a 6V motor. I first tried it and it w...