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{"id":8608172168,"title":"Adafruit TB6612 1.2A DC\/Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board","handle":"adafruit-tb6612-1-2a-dc-stepper-motor-driver-breakout-board","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpin two DC motors, step one bi-polar or uni-polar stepper, or fire off two solenoids with 1.2A per channel using the TB6612. We really like these dual H-bridges, so if you want to control motors without a shield or HAT these are easy to include on any solderless breadboard or perma-proto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe TB6612 has be soldered onto a breakout board for you here, with a polarity protection FET on the motor voltage input and a pullup on the \"standby\" enable pin. Each breakout chip contains two full H-bridges (four half H-bridges). That means you can drive 2-4 solenoids (only two can be active at a time, on opposite bridges), two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor. Just make sure they're good for 1.2 Amp or less of current, since that's the limit of this chip. They do handle a peak of 3A but that's just for a short amount of time, like 20 milliseconds. What we like most about this particular driver is that it comes with built in kick-back diodes internally so you don't have to worry about the inductive kick damaging your project or driver.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-01-30T19:22:00-05:00","created_at":"2017-01-30T19:22:46-05:00","vendor":"kjdElectronics","type":"Adafruit","tags":["Breakout Boards","Motor"],"price":490,"price_min":490,"price_max":490,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":495,"compare_at_price_min":495,"compare_at_price_max":495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":29778534856,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"K2","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Adafruit TB6612 1.2A DC\/Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":490,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":495,"inventory_quantity":31,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"2448"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/adafruit_products_2448_spinning_smallGIF.gif?v=1486585953","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/2448-00.jpg?v=1486585969","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/2448-05.jpg?v=1486585972","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/2448-01.jpg?v=1486585974","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/2448-02.jpg?v=1486585976"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/adafruit_products_2448_spinning_smallGIF.gif?v=1486585953","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eSpin two DC motors, step one bi-polar or uni-polar stepper, or fire off two solenoids with 1.2A per channel using the TB6612. We really like these dual H-bridges, so if you want to control motors without a shield or HAT these are easy to include on any solderless breadboard or perma-proto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe TB6612 has be soldered onto a breakout board for you here, with a polarity protection FET on the motor voltage input and a pullup on the \"standby\" enable pin. Each breakout chip contains two full H-bridges (four half H-bridges). That means you can drive 2-4 solenoids (only two can be active at a time, on opposite bridges), two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor. Just make sure they're good for 1.2 Amp or less of current, since that's the limit of this chip. They do handle a peak of 3A but that's just for a short amount of time, like 20 milliseconds. What we like most about this particular driver is that it comes with built in kick-back diodes internally so you don't have to worry about the inductive kick damaging your project or driver.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":8608169544,"title":"Adafruit Motor\/Stepper\/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 Kit - v2.3","handle":"adafruit-motor-stepper-servo-shield-for-arduino-v2-kit-v2-3","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis kit has TB6612 MOSFET drivers with 1.2A per channel current capability (you can draw up to 3A peak for approx 20ms at a time). It also has much lower voltage drops across the motor so you get more torque out of your batteries, and there are built-in flyback diodes as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of using a latch and the Arduino's PWM pins, this kit has a fully-dedicated PWM driver chip onboard. This chip handles all the motor and speed controls over I2C. Only two data pins (SDA \u0026amp; SCL in addition to the power pins GND \u0026amp; 5V) are required to drive the multiple motors, and since it's I2C you can also connect any other I2C devices or shields to the same pins. This also makes it drop-in compatible with any Arduino, such as the Uno, Due, Leonardo and Mega R3.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well, it is a completely stackable design: 5 address-select pins means up to 32 stackable shield. That adds up to 64 steppers or 128 DC motors. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-01-30T19:22:00-05:00","created_at":"2017-01-30T19:22:40-05:00","vendor":"kjdElectronics","type":"Adafruit","tags":["Kit","Motor","Servo","Shield"],"price":1990,"price_min":1990,"price_max":1990,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1995,"compare_at_price_min":1995,"compare_at_price_max":1995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":29778530568,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"K38","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Adafruit Motor\/Stepper\/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 Kit - v2.3","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1990,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1995,"inventory_quantity":90,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"1438"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-00.jpg?v=1486145509","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-01.jpg?v=1486145510","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-04.jpg?v=1486145512","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-05.jpg?v=1486145513","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-03.jpg?v=1486145514","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-02.jpg?v=1486145516"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/1438-00.jpg?v=1486145509","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThis kit has TB6612 MOSFET drivers with 1.2A per channel current capability (you can draw up to 3A peak for approx 20ms at a time). It also has much lower voltage drops across the motor so you get more torque out of your batteries, and there are built-in flyback diodes as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of using a latch and the Arduino's PWM pins, this kit has a fully-dedicated PWM driver chip onboard. This chip handles all the motor and speed controls over I2C. Only two data pins (SDA \u0026amp; SCL in addition to the power pins GND \u0026amp; 5V) are required to drive the multiple motors, and since it's I2C you can also connect any other I2C devices or shields to the same pins. This also makes it drop-in compatible with any Arduino, such as the Uno, Due, Leonardo and Mega R3.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well, it is a completely stackable design: 5 address-select pins means up to 32 stackable shield. That adds up to 64 steppers or 128 DC motors. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":9623037384,"title":"Adafruit Stepper motor - NEMA-17","handle":"adafruit-stepper-motor-nema-17","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stepper motor to satisfy all your robotics needs! This 4-wire bipolar stepper has 1.8° per step for smooth motion and a nice holding torque. The motor was specified to have a max current of 350mA so that it could be driven easily with an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kjdelectronics.com\/products\/adafruit-motor-stepper-servo-shield-for-arduino-v2-kit-v2-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAdafruit motor shield for Arduino \u003c\/a\u003e(or other motor driver) and a wall adapter or lead-acid battery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome nice details include a ready-to-go cable and a machined drive shaft (so you can easily attach stuff). We drove it with an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kjdelectronics.com\/products\/adafruit-motor-stepper-servo-shield-for-arduino-v2-kit-v2-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAdafruit motor shield for Arduino\u003c\/a\u003e and it hummed along nicely at 50 RPM. To connect to a shield, put the wires in this order: Red, Yellow, skip ground, Green, Brown (or Gray).\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-05-17T16:39:50-04:00","created_at":"2017-05-17T16:43:59-04:00","vendor":"kjdElectronics","type":"Adafruit","tags":["Motor","Robotics"],"price":1395,"price_min":1395,"price_max":1395,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1400,"compare_at_price_min":1400,"compare_at_price_max":1400,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":36271660168,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"K215","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Adafruit Stepper motor - NEMA-17","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1395,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1400,"inventory_quantity":40,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"324"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/324-03.jpg?v=1495053841","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/324-02.jpg?v=1495053843"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/324-03.jpg?v=1495053841","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA stepper motor to satisfy all your robotics needs! This 4-wire bipolar stepper has 1.8° per step for smooth motion and a nice holding torque. The motor was specified to have a max current of 350mA so that it could be driven easily with an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kjdelectronics.com\/products\/adafruit-motor-stepper-servo-shield-for-arduino-v2-kit-v2-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAdafruit motor shield for Arduino \u003c\/a\u003e(or other motor driver) and a wall adapter or lead-acid battery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome nice details include a ready-to-go cable and a machined drive shaft (so you can easily attach stuff). We drove it with an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kjdelectronics.com\/products\/adafruit-motor-stepper-servo-shield-for-arduino-v2-kit-v2-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAdafruit motor shield for Arduino\u003c\/a\u003e and it hummed along nicely at 50 RPM. To connect to a shield, put the wires in this order: Red, Yellow, skip ground, Green, Brown (or Gray).\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":10236206152,"title":"Adafruit 12VDC 32-Step Small Reduction Stepper Motor","handle":"adafruit-12vdc-32-step-small-reduction-stepper-motor","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThis is a great first stepper motor, good for small projects and experimenting with steppers. This uni-polar motor has a built in mounting plate with two mounting holes. There are only 32 step (11.25 degree) per revolution, and inside is a 1\/16 reduction gear set. The shaft is flattened so its easy to attach stuff to it with a set-screw. A perfect first stepper motor and works well with the Motor Shield for Arduino.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe gearing has a few side effects which are important to note. First, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eyou can turn the stepper by hand but not as smoothly as an un-geared stepper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It also means you shouldn't use interleaved or micro-stepping to control or it will take forever to turn. Instead use single or double stepping. The torque is fairly high but its slower than un-geared steppers - we maxed out at about 80 RPM when powering with 12VDC and about 50 RPM on 9VDC.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2017-07-20T16:52:02-04:00","created_at":"2017-07-20T17:05:21-04:00","vendor":"kjdElectronics","type":"Adafruit","tags":["Motor","Robotics"],"price":490,"price_min":490,"price_max":490,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":495,"compare_at_price_min":495,"compare_at_price_max":495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41239774088,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"K272","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Adafruit 12VDC 32-Step Small Reduction Stepper Motor","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":490,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":495,"inventory_quantity":53,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"918"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/918-03.jpg?v=1500584930","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/918-05.jpg?v=1500584932","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/918-04.jpg?v=1500584934"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1749\/9663\/products\/918-03.jpg?v=1500584930","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan\u003eThis is a great first stepper motor, good for small projects and experimenting with steppers. This uni-polar motor has a built in mounting plate with two mounting holes. There are only 32 step (11.25 degree) per revolution, and inside is a 1\/16 reduction gear set. The shaft is flattened so its easy to attach stuff to it with a set-screw. A perfect first stepper motor and works well with the Motor Shield for Arduino.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe gearing has a few side effects which are important to note. First, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eyou can turn the stepper by hand but not as smoothly as an un-geared stepper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It also means you shouldn't use interleaved or micro-stepping to control or it will take forever to turn. Instead use single or double stepping. The torque is fairly high but its slower than un-geared steppers - we maxed out at about 80 RPM when powering with 12VDC and about 50 RPM on 9VDC.\u003c\/span\u003e"}