Tested compatible with Arduino UNO, Leonardo, ADK/Mega R3, Due, Diecimila & Duemilanove.Polarity protected 2-pin terminal block and jumper to connect external power, for separate logic/motor supplies.Big terminal block connectors to easily hook up wires (18-26AWG) and power.Motors automatically disabled on power-up.Up to 2 stepper motors (unipolar or bipolar) with single coil, double coil, interleaved or micro-stepping.Up to 4 bi-directional DC motors with individual 8-bit speed selection (so, about 0.5% resolution).4 H-Bridges: TB6612 chipset provides 1.2A per bridge (3A for brief 20ms peaks) with thermal shutdown protection, internal kickback protection diodes.2 connections for 5V 'hobby' servos connected to the Arduino's high-resolution dedicated timer - no jitter!.And the shield is assembled and tested here at Adafruit so all you have to do is solder on straight or stacking headers and the terminal blocks. Lots of other little improvements such as a polarity protection FET on the power pins and a bit of prototyping area. This also makes it drop-in compatible with any Arduino, such as the Uno, Due, Leonardo and Mega R3.Ĭompletely stackable design: 5 address-select pins means up to 32 stackable shields: that's 64 steppers or 128 DC motors! What on earth could you do with that many steppers? I have no idea but if you come up with something send us a photo because that would be a pretty glorious project. Only two data pins (SDA & SCL in addition to the power pins GND & 5V) are required to drive the multiple motors, and since it's I2C you can also connect any other I2C devices or shields to the same pins. This chip handles all the motor and speed controls over I2C. Instead of using a latch and the Arduino's PWM pins, we have a fully-dedicated PWM driver chip onboard. It also has much lower voltage drops across the motor so you get more torque out of your batteries, and there are built-in flyback diodes as well. Instead of a L293D darlington driver, we now have the TB6612 MOSFET drivers with 1.2A per channel current capability (you can draw up to 3A peak for approx 20ms at a time). This shield will make quick work of your next robotics project! We kept the ability to drive up to 4 DC motors or 2 stepper motors, but added many improvements: We have upgraded the shield kit to make the bestest, easiest way to drive DC and Stepper motors. The original Adafruit Motorshield kit is one of our most beloved kits, which is why we decided to make something even better.
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