Arduino Accessory Nano Motor Carrier Nano Atmel SAMD21

ABX00041 - Arduino Nano Motor Carrier

The Nano Motor Carrier is the perfect add-on for the Nano 33 IoT board, extending and enhancing its functionality.

Designed to facilitate motor control, the Nano Motor Carrier manages the electronics required to control motors, allowing students to focus on prototyping and building their projects. It can also connect other actuators and sensors via a series of 3-pin male headers. The board features an onboard 9-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer. It includes a battery charger for single-cell Li-ion batteries and contains two ports for quadrature encoder counting.

To use the carrier, simply connect it to a Nano 33 board and attach the motors needed for your project. Once connected, attach the USB cable to the Nano 33 IoT. Download the Arduino Motor Carrier library from the library manager, and you’re all set to start programming and controlling your motors using the motor drivers.

When working with motors, an external power source is required to feed the motor drivers and power the motors. This can be done by connecting a 1-cell Li-Ion battery to the battery connector or by using an external power source.

• Microcontroller: ATSAMD11 (Arm Cortex-M0+ @ 48 MHz)
• Motor drivers (x4): MP6522
• Max. input voltage (power terminals): 4 V (1S Li-Ion battery)
• Max. output current per motor driver: 500 mA
• Motor driver output voltage: 12 V
• Over temperature shutdown protection (for DC motor drivers): Yes
• Battery charging: Yes
• Max. battery charging current: 500 mA (configurable)
• Power terminals (connectors): XT-30 and 2POS terminal block
• Servo connector: 4 terminals
• Encoder inputs: 2 ports
• DC motor control: 4 ports
• 3 V digital/analog sensor input/output: 4 ports
• IMU: BNO055 9-axis Acc/Gyr/Mag.