Description
Nano Motor Carrier is the perfect add-on for the Nano 33 IoT board as it works to extend and power up its functionality.
Designed to facilitate motor control, Nano Motor Carrier takes care of the electronics required to control motors, allowing students to focus on prototyping and building their projects. It can also be used to connect other actuators and sensors via a series of 3-pin male headers. The board features are: on board 9 axis accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer. It includes a battery charger for single-cell Li-ion batteries and it contains 2 ports for quadrature encoder counting.
To use the carrier, simply connect it to a Nano 33 board and attach the motors you need 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 up to start programming and controlling your motors using the motor drivers.
When working with motors, you need an external power source to feed the motor drivers and power the motors. You can do this by connecting a 1-cell Li-Ion battery to the battery connector or by using an external power source
- An overlay based on the ATSAMD11 ARM Cortex-M0+ chip, containing the MP6522 DC motor driver and IMU sensor, designed for the Arduino Nano 33 IoT module. It is designed to help students prototype and create their own designs using four DC motors with 12 V and up to 500 mA current consumption per channel. The board also features 3-pin connectors for connecting other modules, four servo connectors, two encoder ports, and a 9-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer. The Nano Motor Carrier Board also features a Li-Ion single-cell battery charger circuit.
Main features of Arduino Nano Motor Carrier Board
- Designed for the Nano – the motor controller features a socket compatible with the connectors of the Arduino Nano 33 IoT board.
- Based on ATSAMD11 – the module is equipped with an ATMSAD11 microcontroller with ARM Cortex M0+ core for automated control of some outputs.
- Power source – an external power source must be used to power the motors, a single-cell Li-Ion battery can be used for this purpose through a dedicated connector.
Arduino motor controller specifications
- Microcontroller: ATSAMD11 ARM Cortex M0+ 48 MHz
- Motor driver chip: MP6522
- Number of channels 4
- Maximum input voltage: 4 V (1S Li-Ion)
- Maximum current per channel: 500 mA
- Motor supply voltage: 12 V
- Battery charger circuit
- Maximum charging current: 500 mA (configurable)
- Power connectors: XT-30, 2POS terminals
- Servo connector: 4 terminals
- Encoder inputs: 2 ports
- Analog / digital 3V sensor inputs/outputs: 4 ports
- IMU: BN0055 9 axes, accelerometer/gyroscope/magnetometer
- Dimensions: 80 x 60 mm
- Weight: 35 g
Packing List:
- 1 x Engineering Kit Rev 2 – Arduino Nano Motor Carrier
