DollaTek Mini Stepper Motor Drive Controller Board Module L298N Dual H Bridge DC Stepper for Arduino Smart Car Robot

I had a small test project and I needed to control a stepper motor, I bought this as it could be simply driven by a microcontroller, it's a basic device but worked sufficiently for my tests.

Spent a day trying to troubleshoot why my motors weren't working. Turns out L298N arrived faulty. A small LED was still lighting up but nothing was working. I bought a replacement from another listing and that worked fine. I'm guessing the problem can be seen on the photo attached. That pin was also bent a little.

had this product before and they are ok

Unfortunately the item only lasted a few weeks and then stopped working