• Fully dedicated PWM driver chip onboard handles all motor & speed controls over I2C• Only 2 pins, SDA & SCL, required to drive multiple motors & since its I2C you can also connect any other I2C devices or shields to the same pins. • This also makes it drop-in compatible with any Arduino, such as the Uno, Leonardo & Mega R3• Completely stackable design: 5 address-select pins means up to 32 stackable shields!•2 connections for 5V 'hobby' servos connected to the Arduino's high-resolution dedicated timer
- no jitter!•4 H-Bridges: TB6612 chipset provides 1.2A per bridge (3A peak) with thermal shutdown protection, internal kickback protection diodes• Can run motors on 4.5VDC to 13.5VDC• Up to 4 bi-directional DC motors with individual 8-bit speed selection (so, about 0.5% resolution)• Up to 2 stepper motors (unipolar or bipolar) with single coil, double coil, interleaved or micro-stepping• Motors automatically disabled on power-up• Big terminal block connectors to easily hook up wires (18-26AWG) & power• Arduino reset button brought up top• Polarity protected 2-pin terminal block & jumper to connect external power, for separate logic/motor supplies• Tested compatible with Arduino UNO, Leonardo, ADK/ Mega R3, Diecimila & Duemilanove. Works with Mega/ADK R2 & earlier with 2 wire jumpers• Please click here for a in depth tutorial guide The Adafruit Motor/ Stepper/ Servo Shield for Arduino v 2 now has the TB6612 MOSFET driver: with 1.2A per channel & 3A peak current capability. It also has much lower voltage drops across the motor so you get more torque out of your batteries, & there are built-in flyback diodes as well. Instead of using a latch & the Arduino's PWM pins, we have a fully-dedicated PWM driver chip onboard. This chip handles all the motor & speed controls over I2C. Only two pins (SDA & SCL) are required to drive the multiple motors, & since it's I2C you can also connect any other I2C devices or shields to the same pins. This also makes it drop-in compatible with any Arduino, such as the Uno, Due, Leonardo & Mega R3. Completely 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 & a perfect Maplin Moment. Lots of other little improvements such as a polarity protection FET on the power pins & a bit of prototyping area. & the shield is assembled & tested here at Adafruit so all you have to do is solder on straight or stacking headers & the terminal blocks.