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# A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Black Edition

**Brand:** Pololu

**URL:** https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/a4988-stepper-motor-driver-carrier-black-edition

## Pricing

- **Price:** $32.10
- **Stock:** In stock
- **Local warehouse:** 1 units
- **Supplier (Pololu):** 0 units
- **SKU:** PL-2128

## Description

The Black Edition of the A4988 stepper motor driver carrier features a four-layer PCB for better thermal performance, allowing the A4988 to deliver approximately 20% more current than the standard two-layer (green) version. It is a drop-in replacement for the original carrier in most applications. Key Features Four-Layer PCB – Approximately 20% better thermal performance than the green edition Five Microstep Resolutions – Full, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth step Adjustable Current Limiting – Onboard potentiometer for setting maximum output current Built-In Protection – Over-current, over-temperature, and short-circuit protection Motor Supply – 8–35 V Logic Supply – 3–5.5 V Max Current – Up to 2 A per coil (with sufficient cooling) Also Available A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier (Green Edition) Package Contents 1× A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Black Edition 1× 0.1″ Male Header Pins (not soldered)

**Product Type:** physical

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For the catalogue index and every other machine-readable endpoint we publish, see [https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/llms.txt](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/llms.txt).

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## Contact Us

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*Source: [A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Black Edition](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/a4988-stepper-motor-driver-carrier-black-edition)*