There are many ways to drive the motor. Our robot uses the most commonly used L298P solution.

L298P is an excellent high-power motor driver IC produced by STMicroelectronics. It can directly drive DC motors, two-phase and four-phase stepping motors. The driving current up to 2A, and output terminal of motor adopts eight high-speed Schottky diodes as protection.

We have designed the motor driver shield based on the L298P circuit.

The stackable design can make it be plugged directly into the Arduino, reducing the technical difficulty of using and driving the motor.

Direct stack the motor driver shield onto UNO R3 board, after the BAT is powered on, press the POWER button, to supply the power for both keyestudio motor driver shield and UNO R3 board.

For simple wiring, the motor driver shield comes with anti-reverse PH2.0-(2P/3P/4P/ 5P) interfaces. When connecting the motor, power supply and sensor modules, you just need to plug in directly.

Technical Details

• Logic part input voltage: DC5V

• Driving part input voltage: DC 7-12V

• Logic part working current: <36mA

• Driving part working current: <2A

• Maximum power dissipation: 25W (T=75℃)

• Working temperature: -25℃～＋130℃

• White connector: PH2.0- (2P/3P/4P/ 5P)

• Pin/female header spacing:2.54mm

• Fixing hole diameter: 3mm