I wasn’t exactly sure of what motors I needed at first and I am still not sure if I wont need anything else apart from servos at the moment so I brought Adafruit industries Motor Shield Kit v1.0 it is a shield that sits on top of the Arduino board and allows you to control up to 4x DC motors 2x Stepper & 2x Servo motors. http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/use.html

It makes using the motors easier as it has all the necessary resistors and capacitors you need and it keeps you working at a high level so you are free to experiment quicker and easier as there is quite a lot of code available for using this shield. Also it comes with screw cable connectors allowing easier attachment and changing of motors.

The shield comes in a self assembly pack which requires you to solder it together. On the ladyada website all the instructions are very clear and easy to follow http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/solder.html.

This is what it looks like once its all soldered together and with all it’s pin’s protruding through the underneath located into the Arduino below.

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