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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk
This does not match my experience. Could you further explain how to construct the bridge so that it can survive these conditions? When voltage is applied with the wrong polarity, the body diodes will conduct and soon destroy themselves.
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Some ideas off hand...
1. Close a relay contact over the circuit and hope they really have a circuit breaker up the path of current to the battery. You can do this because you'd have power from the bridge rectifier on the logic side. Could be too slow, but remember these diodes do take large surges during field collapse anyway...you do have a little time.
2. Rig a capacitor circuit to charge it's way up and reduce the voltage differential (it's not AC it won't discharge). Just make sure you check with the Stellaris if the power is backwards before you start switching. Probably have to make this component exit from the circuit with a small relay as well in the proper polarity.
3. Use fast blow fuse not these thermal breakers and make it easy to replace.
No matter what the H-Bridge will not be operational with the power reversed but I think it should be possible to give it enough protection to survive a minor error.