Gary Neal wrote:

> 7.      Moved the caps to the terminals right on the motor - better
> success.  Failed probably 1% of the time.
>
>          I'm saying failure is when the PIC resets or jumps to a random
> place in the code.
>          So, I'm thinking if I put a bigger cap on the motor winding
> terminals, it will help even more.  Question is, how big of a cap should I
> use?  I can't use an electrolytic b/c the motor reverses direction.  Anyone
> have a suggestion?  Hopefully something fairly cheap.
We in the electric R/C world always put caps on the terminals (10n).
What we also do is to connect a cap from each terminal to the metal body
of the motor as well.

Quentin

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