# About motor shield's compatibility

**URL:** <https://forum.xod.io/t/about-motor-shields-compatibility/591>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 20, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/about-motor-shields-compatibility/591 "2018-03-20T10:09:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![n1rvana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@n1rvana](https://forum.xod.io/u/n1rvana)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/about-motor-shields-compatibility/591/1 "2018-03-20T10:09:31Z")

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Hello i am new to xod and it looks very interesting and easy.

I was wondering if i use adafruit’s v2,3 motor shield, which i currently have, ( [https://www.adafruit.com/product/1438](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1438) ) will it be compatible with the 'nkrkv/af-motor ’ library which says in the description it concerns the older v1 model.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![nkrkv](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.xod.io/nkrkv/32/8_2.png) [@nkrkv](https://forum.xod.io/u/nkrkv)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/about-motor-shields-compatibility/591/2 "2018-03-20T11:53:45Z")

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Hello!

No, unfortunately, it won’t work. The V2 and beyond have absolutely new hardware design with control over I²C bus. The support is yet to be implemented by someone. If you feel the power, [try it yourself](https://xod.io/docs/guide/#making-your-own-nodes).

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**Author:** ![n1rvana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@n1rvana](https://forum.xod.io/u/n1rvana)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/about-motor-shields-compatibility/591/3 "2018-03-21T14:09:55Z")

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ok thank you.i will give a try 🙂

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**Author:** ![gweimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@gweimer](https://forum.xod.io/u/gweimer)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/about-motor-shields-compatibility/591/4 "2018-03-21T14:59:13Z")

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If you need something to start with, the lcd i2c module has code for initializing i2c & may help with i2c communication as well.