DC motor driver mbed shield has ideal interface for developing with brushed DC motors

In stock now at Mouser, the Maxim MAXREFDES89 full bridge DC motor driver mbed shield provides an ideal interface for anyone developing with brushed DC motors. The design is a mbed-compatible, Arduino form factor shield for the rapid development of brushed DC motor applications. The shield contains four MAX14871 full-bridge DC motor drivers for driving up to four motors. A MAX17501 DC-DC converter allows the system to operate from a single 7VDC to 36VDC power supply. Four MAX4704 4:1 multiplexers permit setting the current regulation mode of the MAX14871 while two MAX5387 digital potentiometers provide the ability to set the motor current limit. A MAX7300 GPIO expander supports interfacing each motor driver circuit to the mbed-enabled microcontroller platform. Typical applications include industrial automation, printers and scanners, vending and gaming machines, and robotics.