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Pimoroni DRV8830 DC Motor Driver Breakout

SKU: PIM479 Brand: Pimoroni

An H-bridge DC motor driver with configurable current limit (0.2 or 1A) and up to four different I2C addresses. Great for DIY robot builds.

$25.05 AUD, inc GST

$22.77 AUD, exc GST

Available with a lead time
Expect dispatch between Dec 30 and Jan 03

Quantity Discounts:

10-25 $22.09 (exc GST)
25+ $21.64 (exc GST)

An H-bridge DC motor driver with configurable current limit (0.2 or 1A) and up to four different I2C addresses. Great for DIY robot builds.

This little brushed DC motor driver is speed-controllable, bi-directional, and has a configurable current limit that can be increased to 1A (from 0.2A) by cutting a trace on the underside of the board. You can use up to four at once, and control them independently, by changing the I2C address (configurable by cutting one or both of the address traces).

The DRV8830 breakout has an I2C interface and is 3.3V or 5V compatible. Like our other Pimoroni breakouts, Pimoroni has designed it so that you can solder a piece of right-angle header onto it and then pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 6, 9).

It's also compatible with Pimoroni's fancy Breakout Garden, where using breakouts is as easy as just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code.

Features

DRV8830 motor driver (datasheet)
Speed, direction, and braking control
Bright white status LED
Configurable current limit (0.2 or 1A)
3.3V or 5V compatible
I2C interface (addresses 0x60, 0x61, 0x63, 0x64)
Reverse polarity protection
Raspberry Pi-compatible pinout (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi, and Arduino
Python library

Kit includes

DRV8830 Breakout
1x5 male header
1x5 female right angle header

Software

Pimoroni has put together a Python library that you can use to control your DRV8830 Breakout, with easy control over speed, direction, braking, and a bunch of other functions. Nice!

Notes

The text saying "I2C: 0x60 to 0x68" on the underside of the board is incorrect. The address range is 0x60, 0x61, 0x63, and 0x64.
Dimensions: 22x19x12mm

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