> **Source:** Core Electronics is an Australian maker-electronics retailer and manufacturer based in Newcastle, NSW, run by a team of makers and educators. We design and manufacture our own product lines (PiicoDev, CE originals) and are official retailers for iconic maker and industrial brands including Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Adafruit, SparkFun and DFRobot. Orders ship Australia-wide from our Newcastle warehouse. Prices are in AUD and include GST. Pricing, stock and dispatch on this page are generated from the store's live catalog. Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # 4tronix Drive:Bit Motor Controller for the BBC Micro:Bit **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** CE06801 · **Brand:** [4tronix](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/4tronix-australia) **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/drive-bit-motor-controller-for-the-bbc-micro-bit.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/drive-bit-motor-controller-for-the-bbc-micro-bit.html.md)) This affordable, ready-assembled robotics controller board is ready to accept your BBC Micro:Bit, battery power (6 to 10V) and motors of your choice to make your own DIY robot. Use a small box, ice-cream carton or similar to house everything and you can build a really affordable robot for your school, coding club or home. ## Pricing - **Price:** $17.70 (inc GST) — $16.09 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $15.45 (exc GST) · 25+ $14.96 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney). - We can dispatch 3 today; more stock is typically available with a 5–11 day lead time. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=CE06801:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart. - **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/CE06801:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.) - **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description This affordable, ready-assembled robotics controller board is ready to accept your BBC Micro:Bit, battery power (6 to 10V) and motors of your choice to make your own DIY robot. Use a small box, ice-cream carton or similar to house everything and you can build a really affordable robot for your school, coding club or home. Drive:Bit uses the ever popular DRV8833 motor driver which allows you to use most small motors that operate in the 6V - 9V range. The Drive:Bit includes a power switch, indicator LED and features a Smart RGB LED for status indication. All the useful Microbit pins are brought out to pads along the top of the board, with P0, P1, P2 and P8 being made available with 3-pin GVS (Ground, Voltage, Signal) headers, making it easy to connect to 3V sensors and even small micro servos The motor and power connections can be made through the 2-pin screw terminals OR by using the 2-pin male headers behind each terminal More details on the 4tronix [blog](https://4tronix.co.uk/blog/?p=2152) Search for "DriveBit" in Microsoft Makecode for the special extension that makes this really easy to use. ### Specification - Works with both the [micro:bit V1](https://core-electronics.com.au/micro-bit-by-bbc.html) and [micro:bit V2](https://core-electronics.com.au/micro-bit-v2-australia.html)[1](https://core-electronics.com.au/#Note1) - Dimensions: 65 x 30.5 mm (same size and mounting holes as a Raspberry Pi Zero) - Input voltage: 6V to 10V max with reverse polarity protection - Output Current: 1A per channel maximum - Status LED: Smart RGB LED (aka neopixel) on pin 16 - 2 Motors: Pins 12/13 (Motor 1) and Pins 14/15 (Motor 2) - 3.3V Regulator 0.5A - Power from Microbit does not power the DriveBit. DriveBit is only powered from its power input *NOTE: micro:bit not included. [Get one here!](https://core-electronics.com.au/micro-bit-v2-australia.html)* 1 There may be some rare cases where there are incompatibilities. BBC are working closely with accessory makers to ensure your accessories will continue to work in the same way. ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/c/e/ce06801-drivebit-1.jpg)