The A4988 is a complete microstepping motor driver with built-in translator for easy operation. It is designed to operate bipolar stepper motors in full-, half-, quarter-, eighth-, and sixteenth-step modes, with an output drive capacity of up to 35 V and ±2 A. The A4988 includes a fixed off-time current regulator which has the ability to operate in Slow or Mixed decay modes.
Features:
Mixed and Slow current decay modes
Automatic current decay mode detection/selection
Internal UVLO
Crossover-current protection
3.3 and 5 V compatible logic supply
Thermal shutdown circuitry
Short-to-ground protection
Shorted load protection
Five selectable step modes: full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16