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| I am trying to run a light with the motor outputs on the handy board. I looked up the spec on the L293D and it claims to be capable of 600mA constant and 1.2A peak. The miniature light I am using draws about 300mA. When the light comes on the handy (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| 300 mA shouldn't be a problem. are your main batteries low? alternately, are you sure it's 300 mA at 9v? can you measure it somehow. fred In your message you said: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) As others have said, the system should be able to drive this. However there are some obvious 'thoughts': 1) A light that draws 300mA when running, will _momentarily_ draw a much higher value when the bulb is cold. The actual ratio between the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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