README.md
Adafruit Motor Shield v1

This repo is for the now ancient V1 Motor shield.

This kit is now discontinued. ]]>We've upgraded the Adafruit Motor Shield v1 to v2, with stacking-support and higher-current motor drivers, Please check out the v2 shield - its much better!]]>

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Here is a design for a full-featured motor shield that will be able to power many simple to medium-complexity projects.


2 connections for 5V 'hobby' servos connected to the Arduino's high-resolution dedicated timer - no jitter!
4 H-Bridges: L293D chipset provides 0.6A per bridge (1.2A peak) with thermal shutdown protection, internal kickback protection diodes. Can run motors on 4.5VDC to 25VDC.
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 or interleaved stepping.
Pull down resistors keep motors disabled during power-up
Big terminal block connectors to easily hook up wires (18-26AWG) and power
Arduino reset button brought up top
2-pin terminal block and jumper to connect external power, for separate logic/motor supplies
Tested compatible with Arduino Mega 1280 & 2560, Diecimila, Duemilanove, and UNO
Download the easy-to-use Arduino software library, check out the examples and you're ready to go!


Kit comes with all parts necessary, unassembled. ]]>Instructions, examples, and other documentation is available on the website]]>

Motors and Arduino are not included.

License

Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source design, please support Adafruit and open-source hardware by purchasing products from ]]>Adafruit]]>!

Designed by Limor Fried/Ladyada for Adafruit Industries.

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