Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi and peristaltic pumps

Official Hardware Mega GIGA R1 WiFi
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Hi everyone!

I just came across the Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi board and would love to use it together with the Arduino GIGA Display Shield for my new project.
However, I saw that the board has an operating voltage of 3.3 V which might be a problem for my project. I want to include 3 peristaltic pumps in my circuit and so far, all pumps that I could find are either 6 V or 12 V. Ofc I could just use external power supply for my pumps but that would over-complicate the device as I am aiming for a simple design.

Any thoughts or suggestions for a work around?

Happy coding, Lea

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Arduino cannot “power” a motor/pump. They can however can turn on/off a coil of a relay (3/5volts) which then relay contacts would have the power circuit (6/12/24/120/240) for your pumps.

You unfortunately have to “over complicate this :+1:t3::face_with_spiral_eyes::wink: