# Searching for a Tiny Driver Board w/ Encoder **URL:** https://community.simplefoc.com/t/searching-for-a-tiny-driver-board-w-encoder/8024 **Category:** Uncategorized **Created:** [March 12, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/searching-for-a-tiny-driver-board-w-encoder/8024 "2026-03-12T01:40:56Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![dekutree64](https://community.simplefoc.com/user_avatar/community.simplefoc.com/dekutree64/32/3398_2.png) [@dekutree64](https://community.simplefoc.com/u/dekutree64) #### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/searching-for-a-tiny-driver-board-w-encoder/8024/5 "2026-03-14T07:56:13Z")
I don’t really know anything about CAN, so I’d recommend checking around what other people are doing. For example [MicroSpora](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/drv8316-stm32g431-design-request-for-comments/5421) uses CA-IF1044. And here’s some info on the programming side [A new CAN communication standard for SimpleFOC - CANCommander](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/a-new-can-communication-standard-for-simplefoc-cancommander/7843) For other components, the Mosquito buck converter is called LMR14006YDDCR (LCSC part number C477919), and it needs a bunch of passives (open that MosquiNo board I linked before in EasyEDA and copy/paste). It’s good for space-limited designs because it switches at higher frequency than most bucks, so it can use a tiny inductor. If you plan to actually use the robot arm for anything, I’d recommend at least 14-bit encoders. With 12-bit you can always feel a jitter in the motor when holding position, which will wear out bearings over time, in addition to hurting its accuracy. AS5047P is good, and $3.20/pc for 10+. But for 40 cents more, MT6835 is fabulous with 21-bit precision. The difference in jitter is nearly imperceptible to my hands, but visible on the DRO of my milling machine (the axis with MT6835 has a stable micrometer position, whereas AS5047P has a few micrometers of noise). --- _[View the full topic](https://community.simplefoc.com/t/searching-for-a-tiny-driver-board-w-encoder/8024)._