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Pololu Motoron Motor Controller User’s Guide

Three Motoron M3S256 shields being controlled by an Arduino Uno.

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1. Overview

2. Contacting Pololu

3. Getting started

3.1. Choosing the power supply and motor

3.2. Connecting everything

3.2.1. Connecting a micro Motoron with an I²C interface
3.2.2. Connecting a micro Motoron with a serial interface
3.2.3. Connecting a Motoron shield for Arduino
3.2.4. Connecting a Motoron controller for Raspberry Pi

3.3. Enabling I²C on the Raspberry Pi

3.4. Setting I²C addresses with a Raspberry Pi

3.5. Setting I²C addresses with an Arduino

3.6. Changing serial settings with an Arduino

3.7. Writing code

4.1. Motoron M1T550, M2T550, M1T256 and M2T256 pinout
4.2. Motoron M1U550, M2U550, M1U256 and M2U256 pinout
4.3. Motoron M3S550 and M3S256 pinout
4.4. Motoron M3H550 and M3H256 pinout
4.5. Motoron M2S pinout
4.6. Motoron M2H pinout

5. LED feedback

6. I²C interface

7. Serial interface

8. Variable reference

9. Command reference

10. EEPROM settings reference

11. Cyclic redundancy check (CRC)

12. Reset pin

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