Pololu's Qik 2s9v1 is an inexpensive and small motor controller that makes it easy to vary the speed and direction of small brushed DC motors from your microcontroller. The controller supplies 1A continous current at 4.5-13.5V with a peak of 3A. The controller itself operates at 3.3V or 5V and uses a serial interface.
The qik 2s9v1 is Pololu’s second-generation dual serial motor controller. The compact module allows any microcontroller such as an Arduino or a computer with a serial port (external RS-232 level converter required) or USB-to-serial adapter to easily drive two small, brushed DC motors with full direction and speed control. It provides ultrasonic, 8-bit PWM speed control via an advanced, two-way serial protocol that features automatic baud rate detection up to 38.4 kbps and optional CRC error checking. Two status LEDs give visual feedback about the serial connection and any encountered error conditions, making debugging easy, and a demo mode allows easy verification of proper operation.
The improvements over the previous generation and competing products include:
For a simpler carrier of the qik’s motor driver, please consider the TB6612FNG dual motor driver carrier, and for a robot controller based on the qik’s driver, please consider the Baby Orangutan and Orangutan SV-328 robot controllers and 3pi robot, which connect the TB6612 to a user-programmable AVR microcontroller.
The qik ships with a 16×1 straight 0.100" male header strip, a 12×1 right angle 0.100" male header strip, and two red shorting blocks. This hardware offers several options when it comes to making connections to the qik.
For the most compact installation, wires can be directly soldered to the qik pins themselves. For less permanent connections, the 16×1 straight header strip can be broken into a 12×1 piece and two 2×1 pieces. The 2×1 pieces can optionally be soldered into the jumper pins, and the 12×1 header strip of your choice can be soldered into the qik control pins. This allows connections to the qik via custom-made cables that have female headers on them, or the qik can simply be plugged into a breadboard. Using the right angle header allows for a compact profile or for vertical mounting into a breadboard; using the straight header allows for breadboarding as shown in the picture below.
Size: | 0.70" x 1.20" |
Weight: | 2 g1 |
Motor driver: | TB6612FNG |
Motor channels: | 2 |
Control interface: | non-inverted TTL serial2 |
Minimum operating voltage: | 4.5 V |
Maximum operating voltage: | 13.5 V |
Continuous output current per channel: | 1 A |
Peak output current per channel: | 3 A |
Maximum PWM frequency: | 32 kHz3 |
Minimum logic voltage: | 2.7 V |
Maximum logic voltage: | 5.5 V |
Reverse voltage protection?: | Y4 |