Sabertooth 2X12 Dual Motor Driver

Sabertooth 2X12 dual regenerative motor driver from Dimension Engineering drives two robot DC motors with a continuous current of 12A and peak of 25A. Features thermal protection and soft current limiting making it very hard to kill. This versatile driver communicates via serial, packetized serial, radio control PWM signals and analog voltage.

AUD$ 139.95

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Our Code: MCU-60035

Overview

The Sabertooth 2X12 is one of the most versatile, efficient and easy to use dual motor drivers on the market. It is suitable for medium powered robots - up to 30lbs in combat or 100lbs for general purpose robotics.

Out of the box, the Sabertooth can supply two DC brushed motors with up to 12A each. Peak currents of 25A are achievable for a few seconds.

Overcurrent and thermal protection means you'll never have to 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. Sabertooth features screw terminal connectors - making it possible for you to build a robot without even soldering.

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.

Sabertooth has a built in 1A Switching 5V BEC that can provide power to a microcontroller or R/C receiver and a couple of servos. This built in BEC is almost identical in performance to our ParkBEC. The lithium cutoff mode allows 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.

Specifications

Weight	60g
Size	59 x 75 x 17 mm
Input	6-24V nominal, 30V absolute max.
Output	12A continuous, 25A peak per channel. - Rated at 18V input in still air with no additional heatsink
Features	Synchronous regenerative drive Ultra-sonic switching frequency Thermal and overcurrent protection Lithium protection mode
Interface	Analog, R/C, simplified serial, packetized serial

Resources

Documentation:	Sabertooth 2x12.doc (2.8mb) Sabertooth 2x12.pdf (coming soon) Quick start guide.doc Quick start guide.pdf (coming soon) Sabertooth DIP Switch Wizard Motor driver efficiency comparison Sample RPM versus throttle graph
Applications:	Combat robots up to 30lb Normal and hobby robots up to 100lb Differential drive robots Electric vehicles, ride-on toys, scooters Easy speed/direction control for pumps, conveyors, automation and any application that uses two brushed DC motors
Application notes:	Using a SyRen/Sabertooth with an ATX (or similar) DC power supply Packetized mode with a PIC and Sabertooth Using Sabertooth with Roborealm
Example projects:	Aaqil's robot 1 2 3