
Pololu dual VNH5019 motor driver shield for
Arduino with included hardware.
1.b. Included Hardware
This motor driver board ships with all of the surface-
mount parts populated. However, soldering is required
for assembly of the included through-hole parts. The
following through-hole parts are included:
• two extended 1×8 female headers (for Arduino
shields)
• two extended 1×6 female headers (for Arduino
shields)
• three
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/2440]
(for shield
power and motor outputs)
• 40-pin
0.1″ straight breakaway male header
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/965]
(may ship in
several pieces, such as two 20-pin strips)
A
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/968]
(for optionally supplying shield power to Arduino)
is also included.
You can use the terminal blocks to make your motor and motor power connections, or you can break off an 8×1
section of the 0.1″ header strip and solder it into the smaller through-holes that border the four large motor and
motor power pads. Note, however, that the terminal blocks are only rated for 16 A, and each header pin pair is
only rated for a combined 6 A, so for higher-power applications, thick wires should be soldered directly to the
board.
When not using this board as an Arduino shield, you can solder the 0.1″ headers to the logic connections along
the left side of the board to enable use with
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/70]
or
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/28]
, or you can solder wires directly to the board for more
compact installations. Note that motor and motor power connections should not be made through a breadboard.
The motor driver includes three 47 uF electrolytic power capacitors, and there is room to add additional capacitors
(e.g. to compensate for long power wires or increase stability of the power supply). Additional power capacitors
are usually not necessary, and no additional capacitors are included with this motor driver.
The two mounting holes are intended for use with
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/101]
(not
included). They have a horizontal separation of 0.30″ and a vertical separation of 1.70″.
An
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1616]
is
not included
.
Pololu Dual VNH5019 Motor Driver Shield User's Guide
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