ANGEEK L293D Motor Driver Shield Stepper Motor Driver for Arduino Duemilanove Mega UNO R3 AVR ATMEL

• L293D is a monolithic integrated high voltage high current driver with 4 channels
• Basically, this means that with this chip you can use DC motors and power supplies of up to 12 volts
• The H bridge is typically an electrical circuit that allows a voltage to be applied to an output via a load in any direction, e.g. motor.
• These are some fairly large motors and the chip can provide a maximum current of 600mA per channel, the L293D chip is also what is known as a kind of H bridge.
• Can drive 4 DC motors or 2 stepper motors or 2 servos.

This shield simply attaches to an Arduino board and allows you to control up to 4 DC motors, 2 stepper motors or 2 servo motors. The high performance and reliable L293D chip that distributes the load serves as an H-bridge. This allows you to easily use DC motors and power supplies up to 36 V. Specification: 1. Up to 4 bi-directional DC motors with individual 8-bit speed selection. 2. Up to 2 stepper motors (unipolar or bipolar) with single coil, double coil or interleaved stepping. 3.4 H bridges: per bridge provides 0.6A (1.2A peak current) with thermal protection, can run motors on 4.5V to 12V DC. 4. Pull off the resistors to disable the motors while switching on. 5.2 external terminal strips, for separate logic/motor supply. Tested compatible with Arduino Mega, Diecimila and Duemilanove. Package includes: 1 x L293D motor drive plate.