Enrico,

I'm referring to the one linked in the project above: A000079 - ARDUINO - ADD-ON CARD, MOTOR SHIELD R3, L298P | Newark element14

I'd be happy to use another one that is compatible, if you know of any

-Matt

Hello Shaka,

I am providing this At the actual date I have already developed a couple of prototypes:

The first project is in the state of waiting for the PCB ready and the principle and schematics has been presented in this article: Dual stepper intelligent motor controller - part #1 Hardware As you can see, the provided microcontroller board is a PSoC 4 but exactly the same circuit and schematics (and obviously the same PCB) can be used on Arduino. This circuit IMHO has the interesting feature that instead of using four PWM signals to control the motor, it is sufficient just two signals. The fact that with the stepper motors the opposite direction of the PWM signals on the phases invert the step direction, this is automatically enabled by a PN2222 transistor so are sufficient two PWM pins to control the stepper motor.

The PCB design will be ready in few days but as you can see in the article it has been designed to host a PSoC4 microcontroller. The circuit without the PSoC soldered on board can be anyway used with Arduino or a reasonable number of other microcotrollers. As I have these first set of PCB ready and assembled I will make another one based on the Arduino Shield form-factor, just to simplify the installation of the controller over the Arduino uno boards, but to be honest this is not my highest priority.

As mentioned above there is also another project that will be available very soon where a single L293D half bridge can be used (in the same configuration of the board above) to control two DC motors instead of a single stepper.  So the board will be used to control two stepper motors or four DC motors just modifying the software.

Enrico

I was able to order one of the current motor shield boards from present stock. 

Enrico, thank you for the additional options.  I'll check them out as well.

this is more usefull project thanks really it helps me alot . i have one quesition could you please tell me the psoc 4 code of solar panel i am designing psoc solar tracker by using stepper motor .

thanks

Hello, the link to the Adriuno Motor shield shows that it is No Longer Manufactured. Can anyone recommend a motor shield that is compatible with the PSoc4? How about this one from Pololu:

https://www.pololu.com/product/2503

Thanks,

Joe

Hello,

if you need to control a stepper motor there are many options you can decide and I think that this you mention is ok. As a matter of fact you can connect the PSoC 4 with right pins to any motor control board. No matter what, just check that the signals are compatible. I wrote something about this in past. Here are the posts:

Dual stepper intelligent motor controller - part #1 Hardware  I have some PCB already prepared at home. I had not yet had time to put them on the market.

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #15 [tech]: Stepper motors and controller testing (5$ Gearbest Stepper controller)

Infineon DC Motor Shield w/ TLE94112EL for Arduino - Review This is another good motor controller (better for dc motors) that will work for sure with the PSoC4 via the SPI protocol

Enrico

Enrico,

Hello, how about this one:

SainSmart L293D Motor Drive Shield

Thanks,

Joe

Hello Joe, please can you post the link? In theory it works. But better to see what it is exactly

Anyway my circuit if I am not wrong is just based on this.

Enrico

However, maybe this one

Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2.3 Kit

is better.

Thanks,

Joe

Here is the link to the page that says the Arduino Shield is no longer available:

Arduino Motor Shield

A000079 - ARDUINO - ADD-ON CARD, MOTOR SHIELD R3, | Newark element14