This is the dual channel 2A motor shield. It uses L298P chip which allow control of two 5 – 26V DC brush motors with maximum of 2A current each channel. This shield can be directly stacked onto standard Arduino UNO.
We have added a few special features onto this shield. Motor power polarity protection, also fast test or manual control buttons for each channel of motor.
The speed control is achieved through conventional PWM which can be obtained from Arduino’s PWM output pin 5 and 6. The enable/disable of motor driver is controlled by Arduino pin 4 and 7, this is labeled as Signed magnitude control. You have option to configure it to become Locked Anti-phase which uses PWM signal to decide direction, speed and also start/stop of motor. The control modes can be configured from jumpers and also program.
The Motor shield can be powered directly from Arduino or from external power source (jumper to select). It is strongly encouraged to use external power supply to power the motor shield.
Please read the User’s Manual for more details.
And the Arduino Library.
Features
- Logic control, 5V from Arduino main board
- Polarity protection for External motor power input
- 2 fast test buttons for each motor channel
- 2 indicator LEDs for each channel
- bi-directional control of two DC brush motor
- Motor Driven Voltageļ¼6.5 to 12VDC(VIN Power Supply), 5.0 to 26VDC (External Power Source)
- Up to 2A current each channel
- Pin 4, 5,6,7 are used to drive two DC motor
- Support PWM speed control
- Support advance speed control
Tutorials
- Tutorial using 2A Motor Driver Shield (serial control)
- Tutorial – Temperature control Motor
- Tutorial – CIKU + 2A Motor shield, also LSS05 as line following robot
- Arduino Edubot using 2Amp Motor Driver Shield, line following mobile robot.
- MD10C with Arduino – Explain Sign-Magnitude vs Lock Anti-phase.
- Arduino + Stepper Motor + 2Amp Motor Driver Shield
