Running a brushed motor in muddy or dusty environments takes a toll on controllers, with both heavy back EMF and high stall currents. This explains one of the challenge in Europe’s Hacky Race… ...

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So long as the 0V rail is connected to the Arduino 0V rail, the positive rail can be any dc voltage – more or less that the Arduino, so great for 12V motors. And it is compatible with both 5V and 3V ...

Seeing this Toshiba motor drive, my first thought was ‘what a neat chip for pairing with an Arduino’ as it combines operation across 1.8 to 7V with up to 4A drive – so that is Li-ion batteries, 5V USB ...