SparkFun Wireless Motor Driver Shield

The SparkFun Wireless Motor Driver Shield is designed to make connecting motors, sensors and

other components to your Arduino-based project as fast and easy as possible. The heart of the

Wireless Motor Driver Shield is the Toshiba TB6612FNG H-Bridge Motor Driver, which allows the

shield to control two DC motors at once, both CW and CCW, and to brake electronically. The

TB6612FNG H-Bridge is rated up to 1.2A per channel at 13V, which means it will drive a fair variety

of hobby motors ranging in power. Each of the GPIO pins is broken out on a “servo-style” header

field with PWR and GND to allow you to easily connect devices using a 3-pin servo cable.

Using the onboard slide switches, the motor power and servo power rail can be connected to the

Arduino’s regulated voltage, VIN, or a completely separate power supply attached to the shield’s

barrel jack. This feature makes the SparkFun Wireless Motor Driver Shield ideal if you are

connecting multiple servos and need more than 5V to your robotics project!

XBee-based remote control. Simply plug an XBee module into the socket on the shield, and you

have the control system for a simple remote control rover or small autonomous robot!