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Sabertooth dual 5A motor driver
Price: 59.99
Weight: 19g / 0.7oz
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Product Description

Sabertooth 2X5 is the motor driver of choice for small differential-drive robots. It is ideal for smaller robots- up to 3lbs in combat or 25 lbs for general purpose use. It is also a great choice in any application where you need to control two brushed motors.

Out of the box, the Sabertooth can supply two DC brushed motors with up to 5A each continuously. Peak currents of 10A are achievable for short periods. Because Sabertooth 2x5 incorporates soft current limiting and thermal protection, you need not worry about killing the driver with accidental stalls or by hooking up too big a motor.

Sabertooth allows you to control two motors with: analog voltage, radio control, serial and packetized serial. You can build many different robots of increasing complexity for years to come with a Sabertooth. Sabertooth has independent and speed+direction operating modes, making it the ideal driver for differential drive (tank style) robots and more.

The operating mode is set with the onboard DIP switches so there are no jumpers to lose or complicated programming sequences. Sabertooth features screw terminal connectors - making it possible for you to build a robot without having to solder.

Sabertooth is the first synchronous regenerative motor driver in its class. The regenerative topology means that your batteries get recharged whenever you command your robot to slow down or reverse. Sabertooth also allows you to make very fast stops and reverses - giving your robot a quick and nimble edge. In certain operating modes Sabertooth can process up to 3000 speed commands per second.

Sabertooth has a built in 5V BEC that can provide power to a microcontroller or R/C receiver. It also features a lithium cutoff mode allowing Sabertooth to operate safely with lithium ion and lithium polymer battery packs - the highest energy density batteries available.

Sabertooth's transistors are switched at ultrasonic speeds (32kHz) for silent operation.

Use of our motor drivers with cheap AC adapters is not recommended. Use a battery or at least put a battery in parallel with a DC supply.

Need something even easier to use in your radio controlled robot? Take a look at Sabertooth 2X5 R/C.

Product Specs

Specifications: 19g / 0.7oz

Input Voltage: 6V to 18V,
6-12 cell NiMH or NiCd,
2s-4s LiPo,
6V or 12V lead acid (not 18+V lead acid!)

5A continuous per channel, 10A peak

Synchronous regenerative drive
Ultra-sonic switching frequency
Thermal and overcurrent protection
Lithium protection mode

Input modes: Analog, R/C, simplified serial, packetized serial

Size: 1.8” x 1.6 ” x .5”
45 x 40 x 13 mm
Documentation: Sabertooth2x5.doc (2.7mb)
Sabertooth2x5.pdf (1.9mb)
Quick start guide.doc
Quick start guide.pdf
Sabertooth DIP Switch Wizard
Motor driver efficiency comparison
Sample RPM versus throttle graph
Applications: Ant/Beetleweight combat robots
Differential drive robots up to 25lb
Radio controlled tanks, cars and boats
Autonomous cyborg cats
Application notes: Using a SyRen/Sabertooth with an ATX (or similar) DC power supply

Packetized mode with a PIC and Sabertooth

Building a simple robot

Using Sabertooth with Roborealm

Libraries for Arduino
Customer projects: Show us yours!