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| Jacob Schultz <dungeonmaster@get2net.dk> wrote in message news:FIrMLo.H8K@lugnet.com... (...) A "freewheeling" diode is a good idea generally, but the RCX must already have diodes built into the driver IC. It has to turn on and off the motor (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) You can't have the diodes on the motor because it goes in both directions. If you put a diode out there, you would have a dead short in one of the directions. Such things need to be built into the H-bridge, not the motor leads. So, I seriously (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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