The HW 130 Motor Control Shield is the unsung hero of entry-level robotics. Its direct compatibility with Arduino’s pinout (using pins 3,4,5,6,7,11) makes it plug-and-play for thousands of existing tutorials and libraries like AFMotor or Adafruit Motor Shield V1 .
// Motor B Backward at 50% speed digitalWrite(IN3, LOW); digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH); analogWrite(ENB, 127); hw 130 motor control shield for arduino datasheet
Download from Adafruit’s GitHub or via Arduino Library Manager (search “Adafruit Motor Shield”). The HW 130 Motor Control Shield is the
Datasheet / documentation checklist (items to verify from manufacturer) // Set direction analogWrite(E1
void loop() // Test Motor 1 Forward Serial.println("Motor 1 Forward"); digitalWrite(M1, HIGH); // Set direction analogWrite(E1, 150); // Set speed (0-255) delay(2000);