L293D Motor Driver

The L293D is a popular 16-Pin Motor Driver IC. As the name suggests it is mainly used to drive motors. A single L293D IC is capable of running two DC motors at the same time; also the direction of these two motors can be controlled independently.

Features
Can be used to run Two DC motors with the same IC.
Motor voltage Vcc2 (Vs): 4.5V to 36V
Available in 16-pin DIP
Maximum Continuous Motor Current: 600mA
Automatic Thermal shutdown is available
Maximum Peak motor current: 1.2A
Supply Voltage to Vcc1(vss): 4.5V to 7V
Transition time: 300ns (at 5Vand 24V)
Speed and Direction control are possible