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Re: PWM translates to movement?

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Originally Posted by Generalx5 View Post
If an H bridge was designed to supply 40amps continous and a motor shorted out from a power supply that could only provide maximum 20 amps, would that damage the H Bridge?
No, since only 20 Amps will flow (theoretically)

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Originally Posted by eugenebrooks View Post
Switching between full forward and full reverse would be a bad thing...
Not really, but I agree switching to Open would be less bad

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Don's explanation is a good overview of the concept, but please don't pay too much attention to the details of what he said. He's essentially correct for some H-switch circuits, but the Victors don't work the way he described.
Eh, close enough. I was thinking of H bridges in general, not specifically the Victor, but I wrote as if it was the Victor... My Bad.

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