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Re: Victor Brakes

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Originally Posted by Alex698
I figure(correct me if you see errors), put a single-pole, double throw contact switch between motor, victor and leads to diodes then to a battery. By switching to the leads with diodes the motors are turned into generators by the forward motion of the robot. The diodes are so the battery doesn't back into the motors causing them to run at full.
I don't think you need the switch. There's some diodes in the transistors that will do the job. If all of the transistors are off, spinning the motors forces current into the supply.
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