Hi, I am driving two stepper motors (6.5v 350ma) with a f84a connected to two L293D chips. Should I have diodes in the circuit to prevent back emf from the coils to the L293d chips ? If so can you recommend one ? The circuit I am using does not have any. http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/may98/steppers.html Thanks in advance, Kevin -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics