A Stackable Motor Driver Shield for the Arduino

The Arduino has been used for many purposes, and  “shields” are available to make many common tasks easier.  However, [Nick] wanted a stackable motor driver shield, so he build one himself!. There are many motor driver shields available for the Arduino, however, there aren’t any that allow one to drive as many motors as were needed for his project, and none that were stackable.
[Nick] had no experience designing and fabricating a custom board, but decided to try his hand at it anyway. Armed with a free version of [Eagle] PCB design software, he designed the board that he needed then sent it to [Seeed] to be manufactured. According to his article, a quantity of 10 Arduino-sized boards can be purchased for the price of $25. At that price point, some hobbyists may want to consider this option rather than manually creating their own circuit.
According to [Nick], he was able to manufacture his first board with no errors on his first run! Not bad for his first try at something like this.
Filed under: arduino hacks, Microcontrollers



Posted on Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:53:03 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/P4-wQhwki_0/
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The Arduino has been used for many purposes, and  “shields” are available to make many common tasks easier.  However, [Nick] wanted a stackable motor driver shield, so he build one himself!. There are many motor driver shields available for the Arduino, however, there aren’t any that allow one to drive as many motors as were needed for his project, and none that were stackable.
[Nick] had no experience designing and fabricating a custom board, but decided to try his hand at it anyway. Armed with a free version of [Eagle] PCB design software, he designed the board that he needed then sent it to [Seeed] to be manufactured. According to his article, a quantity of 10 Arduino-sized boards can be purchased for the price of $25. At that price point, some hobbyists may want to consider this option rather than manually creating their own circuit.
According to [Nick], he was able to manufacture his first board with no errors on his first run! Not bad for his first try at something like this.
Filed under: arduino hacks, Microcontrollers



Posted on Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:53:03 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/P4-wQhwki_0/
Comments: http://hackaday.com/2011/08/17/a-stackable-motor-driver-shield-for-the-arduino/#comments