Hi Graham ,
the breakout boards do work but like the tb6560 boards they do break a few design rules
not connecting a +5V supply to pin 14 of one of the 74HC14 IC's
or not connecting the unused input pin 13 to 0V or +5V - OK for a 7414 but not the CMOS version !!!!
the 1K resistors connecting the 74HC244 output to the boards enable output terinals could be a problem with some stepper drivers
John