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| HI Just wondering what kind of success anyone has had with piggy-backing the L293's. My HB came with the TI h-bridge chips and I wanted to know if I could use the same technique. I figure if two chips can be run in parallel, giving up to 2A for each (...) (28 years ago, 10-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: L293 vs TI 754410
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| (...) The TI chips should work fine. You might not get a full 2A, but at least a 50% improvement. (...) The traces can handle it, but the PolySwitch fuse should limit total current to about 4 to 5 A. You might need to remove the fuse and live (...) (28 years ago, 10-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: L293 vs TI 754410
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| Hello there. I've piggybacked three chips, for a total of 2.6A (2 1A chips and 1 0.6A chip, piggybacked with heat sink compound slathered between all the chips and between the top chip and the heat sink I've put on it). I haven't had any problems (...) (28 years ago, 10-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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