# High power, all in one Arduino shield

**URL:** https://community.simplefoc.com/t/high-power-all-in-one-arduino-shield/5329
**Category:** hardware support
**Created:** [August 16, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/high-power-all-in-one-arduino-shield/5329 "2024-08-16T03:14:38Z")
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### Author: ![Valentine](https://community.simplefoc.com/user_avatar/community.simplefoc.com/valentine/32/1024_2.png) [@Valentine](https://community.simplefoc.com/u/Valentine)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/high-power-all-in-one-arduino-shield/5329/12 "2024-08-17T15:13:30Z")

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> [@Jeremiah\_Rose](#):
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> - People prefer Arduino over STM32 because of the enormous level of hardware, software and community support.

Perhaps I misunderstand your comment, but I believe you might be mixing the software framework/toolchain (Arduino) with an MCU family (ST Micro’s line of hardware).

> [@Jeremiah\_Rose](#):
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> There isn’t currently a BLDC shield for Arduino

You mean there isn’t such a shield that sits on top of Microchip ATmega328P microcontroller in the “Arduino” footprint? Yes, there isn’t. The 328P isn’t fast enough to support this and the footprint is too small to allow for such a shield. We did develop something like close to that though, you may want to have a look:

> [@SimpleFOC Power Shield-D Beta](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/simplefoc-power-shield-d-beta/2686):
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> Hello all! After a while, we are announcing a Beta version of the SimpleFOC PowerShield-D. D stands for [D]iscrete Power Shield, currently designed to work on Arduino UNO footprint pinout. The shield is sized for 30A peak power. Features: Overvoltage / ESD protection Reverse voltage protection. Buck converter with chained 5V and 3.3V for powering external components as well as the Arduino shield to form a standalone module. Discrete drivers and MOSFETs In-line current hall-based s…

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> [@Jeremiah\_Rose](#):
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> FOC algorithm on the Arduino itself

Again, perhaps we are mixing AT386p with Arduino toolchain?

> [@Jeremiah\_Rose](#):
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> FOC algorithm prevents you from using the the MCU for general purpose code (e.g you can’t use sleep calls or wait for IO in the main loop)

Any real-time control algorithm will prevent you from doing that, as it would disrupt the motor control loop.

Cheers,  
Valentine

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