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Re: Non-FRC Motor Controller?

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Originally Posted by AlexH View Post
i would invest in a esc instead of pulsing a spike relay and you can always re use them in another project.
Okay, LOL, let's correct this because it was my mistake...the Innovation FIRST Spike (red or blue) relay shouldn't be pulsed as it wouldn't work Alan's statement is quite valid.

I was under the impression from the Innovation FIRST documentation and the Wikipedia page I linked it was a solid-state H-Bridge it is not (if you really need details why read posts from start of topic).

My earlier error removed:

If you pulsed the Innovation FIRST *solid state relay* with just the right circumstances you could control brushed DC motor speed with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2Sryi57xA

BTW thanks for the reminder I couldn't remember that SaberTooth's name...they apparently ran out of big cat names so they went to extinct big cat names .

Last edited by techhelpbb : 03-05-2012 at 19:24.