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STATUS Instruction

LED Mode1: Blink (frequency: 30Hz), indicating the motor drive chip is waiting for initialization commands from the host.

LED Mode2: Lighting, indicating the motor drive chip works well (control motor operation and wait initialization commands from the host).

LED Mode3: OFF, indicating communication error of the motor drive chip.

NOTE: NC means Not Connected, VCC means Output Voltage of power supply (5V-USB;3.7V-lithium battery)

Tutorial

Requirements

Take FireBeetle ESP8266 board (https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1634.html) as an example at here, other Arduino control boards such as arduino UNO

(https://www.dfrobot.com/product-610.html), arduino Mega (https://www.dfrobot.com/product-358.html)… are also can be used.

Hardware

1 x ESP32/ESP8266 Board

1 x FireBeetle Covers-DC Motor&Stepper Driver

1 x Hybrid Stepper Motor for 3D Printer (3.5kg) (https://www.dfrobot.com/product-785.html)

1 x DC Motor

Software

Arduino IDE V1.6.x Click to Download Arduino IDE from Arduino® (https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software)

Please download and install FireBeetle Covers-DC Motor&Stepper Driver library files. (https://github.com/DFRobot/DFRobot_MotorStepper)

About Library installation. (https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries#.UxU8mdzF9H0)

DC Motor Drive

FireBeetle Covers-DC Motor&Stepper Driver can control up to 4-channel DC motors simultaneously. There are 4 marked motor connectors: M1A&M1B, M2A&M2B, M3A&M3B

and M4A&M4B. We’ll show you how to control a DC motor with a Firebeetle or Arduino board.

Hardware Connection

Connect the DC motor to M1A&M1B port, M1A to anode and M1B to cathode. Generally, you need to connect a motor power (4~12V) to Motor PWR port, and connect a logic

power (3.3~5V) to VCC & GND pins. If you use FireBeetle, you can plug the cover on the board, and connect the external power (4~12V).

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