MegaMoto Plus Motor Control Shield for Arduino

Description

MegaMoto Plus Motor Control Shield for Arduino The MegaMoto Plus is a dual half-bridge circuit that can be configured either has a full H-bridge or as two independent half-bridge circuits. This allows a single MegaMoto Plus to drive one motor with full variable-speed control both forward and reverse. It also allows two independent motors to be controlled in a uni-directional fashion by connecting one side of each motor to the battery negative and the other motor lead to one of the MegaMoto Plus outputs. The true flexibility of the MegaMoto Plus is shown when multiple units are stacked onto a single base Arduino unit. Jumpers are used to select which Arduino signals drive the Enable and PWM inputs on each MegaMoto. This flexibility allows the MegaMoto Plus to play nice with other shields which might require the use of certain pins. Since the Uno and Duemilanove have six hardware PWM outputs, up to three MegaMoto Plus units may be stacked on a single Arduino base unit. This allows forward and reverse control of up to three motors or up to six motors in half-bridge mode. Arduino Mega and some units based on other CPU chips have more PWM outputs available and thus may be able to control even more MegaMotos. Each half-bridge on the MegaMoto Plus is independently controlled so stacking two or three MegaMoto Plus units allows an Arduino to drive three-phase brushless or stepper motors as well as DC brushed motors. Not limited to motors, the MegaMoto Plus can control other DC loads such as lights, solenoids, relays, valves, Peltier junction coolers, Hydrogen generators or basically any DC device within the operating voltage and current range.