A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier with Voltage Regulators
This is a breakout board for Allegro’s A4988 microstepping bipolar stepper motor driver. It has two voltage regulators (5 V and 3.3 V), eliminating the need for separate logic and motor supplies. The driver features adjustable current limiting, overcurrent and overtemperature protection, and five different microstep resolutions (down to 1/16-step). It operates from 8 – 35 V and can deliver up to approximately 1 A per phase without a heat sink or forced air flow (it is rated for 2 A per coil with sufficient additional cooling). This board ships with 0.1″ male header pins included but not soldered in.
Description | Specs (10) | Pictures (6) | Resources (6) | FAQs (4) | On the blog (2) |
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File downloads
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Allegro A4988 stepper motor driver datasheet (1MB pdf)
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Dimension diagram of the A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier with Voltage Regulators (502k pdf)
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3D model of the A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier with Voltage Regulators (5MB step)
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Drill guide for A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier with Voltage Regulators (51k dxf)
This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.
Recommended links
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Video: setting the current limit on Pololu stepper motor driver carriers
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Heatsinking an A4988/A4983 stepper motor driver carrier
A4988 stepper motor driver heatsinking experiments. By Arduinodabbler, July 2012.