> > And probably the easiest way to do it is a chip such as
> > the Intersil HIP4080, or some of the other HIP408x family

I don't know; these seemed ideal, I got 3 pieces [HIP4081] from Arrow (who
btw are a *lot* cheaper than Digikey for almost every part, esp. PICs, if
you can wait for their ground shipping (3-10 days)). Spent hours trying to
get them to work. Either they would do nothing, or the chip would go into
some kind of "controlled latchup"; it would start gobbling up about 0.5A,
and start getting warm, but _still_ do nothing. No responses to control
inputs, nothing on the scope or FETs at the outputs.

Maybe I got 3 duds, or I was making some dumb mistake; YMMV.

I found the National LMD18xxx integrated H-bridges to be good if you are
prototyping and your max continuous current is <3A, max pulsed <6A.

What about the FET drivers Microchip makes? Yeah, they're not 1-piece like
the HIP408x, but have people tried them? Experiences?

Cheers,
Ishaan

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