L293D Motor Driver Board

L293D is a monolithic integrated, high voltage, high current, 4-channel driver.Basically this means using this chip you can use DC motors and power supplies of up to 36 Volts, thats some pretty big motors and the chip can supply a maximum current of 600mA per channel, the L293D chip is also what’s known as a type of H-Bridge. The H-Bridge is typically an electrical circuit that enables a voltage to be applied across a load in either direction to an output, e.g. motor.

– Pull down resistors keep motors disabled during power-up

– reset button

– 2 external terminal power interface, for seperate logic/motor supplies

– Tested compatible for Aduino Mega, Diecimila & Duemilanove