At 01:03 PM 12/19/01 +0200, Vasile Surducan wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, David VanHorn wrote:
>
> >
> > It's a 5 ohm motor, bipolar windings, running from a 6-8.5V supply.
> > The motor wants 0.5A.
> > I don't want to spend any more power than I must in driving it, since this
> > is a battery operated application.
> > --
>   I say a bridge half with bipolars, half with MOS will be the better
>choice. But I don't see why not 3717, 3770 ; 8.5V x 0.5 = 4.25VA
>10V x 0.5 = 5VA
>No big difference but easy way.
>Vasile

Their spec says minimum motor voltage of 10V.

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