Hello,
My name is Seth. This may sound silly but here goes it. I am making a web based controlled or WiFi keyboard controlled mower for goofing around. I wanted to learn more about robotics and motor control. Luckily, TI.com has a Motor Driver forum. Okay, I was going to use JavaScript with my target board, the Beaglebone Black.
I found that smaller motors were not powerful enough to push my skeleton chassis and engine with blade. So, I went through my resources and found that I had purchased a H-Bridge IC awhile back. It is the L293D and it is very "weak." I do not plan on using this H-Bridge IC for production. I do want to apply 12v or higher motors to my board with a H-Bridge IC. I am going with the DRV8844. It can handle the load.
Now, will I be able to use a breadboard before producing my final product with this H-Bridge?
I wanted to ask just in case the outer pins were too small or positioned incorrectly for normal breadboards.
If anyone out there is using the DRV8844 for messing around with motors and target boards outside of the EVM, please make this discussion home. I would love to know more about you, your project(s), and how I could benefit from what you already know, i.e. as I am still new to the whole motor control phase in my life.
Seth
P.S. I use the Debian version of Linux on my BBB.
