Adafruit TB6612 1.2A DC/Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board

Key Features:

• TB6612 motor driver with 1.2A per channel
• 2 full H-bridges means you can drive 2-4 solenoids (only two can be active), two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor.
• Runs at 2.7V -5V logic. The motor & logic voltage are separate.
• Good for motor voltages from 4.5V up to 13.5V

Spin two DC motors, step one bi-polar or uni-polar stepper, or fire off two solenoids with 1.2A per channel using the TB6612. These are perhaps better known as "the drivers in our assembled Adafruit Motorshield or Motor HAT. " 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.

TB6612 is soldered onto a breakout board for you, with a polarity protection FET on the motor voltage input and a pullup on the "standby" enable pin. Each breakout chip contains 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!

There' s two digital inputs per H-bridge (one for each half of the bridge) as well as a PWM input per driver so you can control motor speed.

Runs at 2.7V -5V logic. The motor voltage is separate from the logic voltage.

Item Specifics
Current Limit: 1.2A
Size: 27mm x 19mm x 3mm / 1.1" x 0.7" x 0.1"
Weight: 1.8 g
Not recommended for 3V motors.