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Re: Increasing current output to motors on HandyBoard
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Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:01:50 GMT
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MAR ERICSON <MAR@COOPER.EDUstopspammers>
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I wonder if this would last since a relay is mechanical and I would
assume that it would wear with all that "switching". Doe anyone have any
experience with this?
Thanks.
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ericson mar
Robotics Consultant
mar@cooper.edu
(212)353-4356
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Gary Livick wrote:
> Another solution to this which is easier but more expensive is to use the
> output of the motor driver chip to drive solid state relays. You need the
> relays that use 5 volts for control and that will switch DC. The relays I use
> have flyback diodes in them, but I don't know that all do so a user would need
> to add them if they were not included.
>
> Four are needed.
>
> Gary Livick
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>
> Chuck McManis wrote:
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> > At 11:46 PM 4/8/99 -0400, Ian Nieves wrote:
> > > ...Is there
> > > some stacking that would allow more current to pass safely? (I am
> > > looking for a relatively simple solution that can be implemented quickly
> > > and easily.) Can i stack two TI sn754410ne on top of each other?
> >
> > Stacking the chips is doable but you will toast them when you get near
> > their current limit. An easier solution is to use the TI chips to drive
> > power transistors that are acting as voltage followers. This lets them take
> > the current. Alternatively you can pull the L293 chips out of the board and
> > wire the sockets up to some National LM18200 H-bridges that will handle
> > these motors at 12volts.
> >
> > --Chuck
>
>
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