Brushed DC motor overload protection

[gaminn]

Hi,
my small 9V DC brushed motor has max. continuous current rating of 1 A which I'm supposed not to exceed very often in order not to damage the motor. The motor is driven by a PCB with some MCU with programmable firmware and DRV8837 driver. The driver unfortunately has no overload protection suitable for my motor and also the MCU can't measure and read motor current on the PCB.

What do you think, is there anything I can do about the motor protection and that 1 A current limit for my motor on the current PCB (I can e.g. update firmware of the MCU) or should I redesign the PCB and measure the current?

[avandalen]

Use a Hall current sensor ACS712ELC-30A od so..