Adafruit Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver for DC or Steppers - 600mA - L293D

Key Features: Drive four solenoids, two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor Built in kick-back diodes internally so you dont have to worry about the inductive kick damaging your project PWM input per driver so you can control motor speed. Two full H-bridges (four half H-bridges) Run four solenoids, two DC motors or one bi-polar or uni-polar stepper with up to 600mA per channel using the L293D. These are perhaps better known as "the drivers in our Adafruit Motorshield". If you accidentally damaged the drivers in a shield, you can use one of these puppies to replace it. Or you can breadboard something on your own! Each chip contains two full H-bridges (four half H-bridges). That means you can drive four solenoids, two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor. Just make sure they're good for under 600 mA since that's the limit of this chip. They do handle a peak of 1.2A but that's just for a short amount of time. What we like most about this particular driver is that