{"id":7031,"date":"2013-11-15T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T09:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2013-11-15T09:53:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T09:53:53","slug":"new-motor-controller-board-kit-for-the-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7031","title":{"rendered":"New Motor Controller Board Kit for the #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ryanteck<\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Walmsley, the programmer behind rastrack.co.uk, co-editor of Pi Weekly and organiser of the Stevenage Raspberry Jam has moved into the hardware arena with his Motor Controller Board. The budget-priced board is designed to do one thing, and do it well. It will run two DC motors at 0.5A each (or 1 motor at 1A) with 4.5-12V of power. The motors can be programmed to run in either direction and software PWM can be used to control speed.<\/p>\n

He’s decided to run this through Tindie and the board can be got for $20, delivered (which is about \u00a312.50, a very good price for a budget board). It does need some soldering, but looking at the board I can’t see anything being too complicated.<\/p>\n

If you want something like this, please support Ryan. He’s done a lot for the Pi community and this young man deserves our support.<\/p>\n

Read more about the board and get one on Tindie here<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a rather shaky video of the board in action:<\/p>\n