Arduino product family is a great learning platform for electronics, programming and robotics. But most projects at some point require mobility. This Arduino motor shield allows for motor control with Arduino right away. Stack up this shield on your controller and drive 2 DC motors with higher power requirements. Depending on the motor of choice, you can make it fast or handle a higher payload. This Arduino Motor Shield (2A) uses L298P chip which allow to drive two 7-12V DC motors with maximum 2A current. This arduino motor shield can be directly mounted onto standard Arduino Uno and Arduino Mega.

Speed control is achieved through conventional PWM which can be obtained from Arduinos PWM output Pin 5 and 6. The enable/disable function of the motor control is signaled by Arduino Digital Pin 4 and 7. The Motor shield can be powered directly from Arduino or from external power source. It is strongly encouraged to use external power supply to power the motor shield.
This arduino motor shield is ideal for building Arduino robot or other Arduino motor control projects.
There is another version of 2x2A motor shieldwhich uses different pins to avoid conflicting pin allocation.

Specification

• Logic Control Voltage5V (From Arduino)
• Motor Driven Voltage6.5~12v(VIN Power Supply),4.8~35V (External Power Source)
• 2 way motor drive
• Logic supply current Iss36mA
• Motor Driven current Io2A
• Maximum power consumption25WT=75
• Up to 2A current each way
• Pin 4,5,6,7 are used to drive two DC motor
• Support PWM speed control
• Support PLL advance speed control
• Size: 55x55mm (2.2×2.2 in)

Projects

• Initial testing from (RobotProjects)
• Mop robot for wifey (Jerome)
• Robot Bluetooth Controlled chassis (Matt Roy)

Resources

• WIKI (Arduino Motor Shield (L298N))
• Schematic
• L298 datasheet
• MultiTasking Robot with Devastator Platform

Package Contents

• 1x 2A Motor Shield For Arduino