1. What is an L298 motor driver?
The L298N is a dual H-Bridge motor driver which allows speed and direction control of two DC motors at the same time. The module can drive DC motors that have voltages between 5 and 35V, with a peak current up to 2A.
2. Where can you use the L298 motor driver module?
The L298 motor driver is used for robotics and mechatronics projects and perfect for controlling motors from microcontrollers, switches, relays, etc. Perfect for driving DC and Stepper motors for micro mouse, line-following robots, robot arms, etc.
3. How do you power an L298 motor driver?
The L298N motor driver module is powered through a 3-pin 3.5mm-pitch screw terminal. The L298N motor driver actually has two input power pins – VS and VSS. VS pin gives power to the internal H-Bridge of the IC to drive the motors. You can connect an input voltage anywhere between 5 to 12V to this pin.
4. How many motors can L298 control?
L298 Based Motor Driver Module is a high-power motor driver perfect for driving DC Motors and Stepper Motors. It uses the popular L298 motor driver IC and has the onboard 5V regulator which it can supply to an external circuit. It can control up to 4 DC motors, or 2 DC motors with directional and speed control
5. What is the difference between L293D and L298N?
L293 is a quadruple motor driver that uses a half-H driver while L298 is a dual full-H driver, i.e, in L293 all four input-output lines are independent while in L298, a half-H driver cannot be used independently, only a full H driver has to be used.