On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

>>So this is viable! 2 PIC pins to sense dial being
>>turned, another 4 pins to turn it. With unipolar
>>mode and such low coil current you don't even need
>>flyback diodes etc.
>>Very nice. :o)
>
>Until one of the rugrats starts playing with it and spinning it at high
>speed with the power off :))

There are enough diodes built into the PIC. However the project may come
to life. Crank-powered projects ? ;-) (put four NiCds directly on the
power rail of the PIC - they will charge from cranking)

Peter

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