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Subject: 
Re: high current motors
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 22:08:53 GMT
Original-From: 
Jeff Keyzer <jkeyzer@calwebAVOIDSPAM.com>
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This is a repost of a message I sent a few days ago.  It bounced
back to me, and I don't think it ever made the list...

> 
> > The motor connector has three pins they are actually Motor A, V+,
> > Motor B. Normally they are all at V+ when the motor is "off" (the
> > motor is simply monitoring the difference between Motor A and
> > Motor B. When you "turn on" the motor either Motor A or Motor B
> > (depending on direction) goes to ground potential, and the motor
> > sees the voltage difference and runs.
>  On the handy board, this is different, isn't it?  I didn't think
> that the center pin was V+...  In fact, isn't it not a connection at all?
> 
> > Now connect the emitter of one 2N2907 to the base of Q1, connect
> > the emitter of the 2907 to a 180 ohm resistor and then connect
> > the resistor to the base input of Q4. Do the same thing with
>  Isn't this supposed to read, "Now connect the COLLECTOR of one
> 2N2907 to the base of Q1, connect the EMITTER of the 2907 to a 180 ohm
> resistor..."  The way it's written just doesn't seem right.
> 
> 
>  Also, would it be possible to create a similar circuit using
> non-darlington transistors, such as TIP 31 or 41's and their PNP
> counterparts?  They are much more readily available to me!
> 



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