The motor is not supposed to turn the other way since it will rotate
under water. I mean its shaft... But you never know what sort of
criminal fish wor turtle will mess my project up :-)

SP> At 09:03 PM 1/22/2006 +0200, you wrote:

>>I want to hook up a motor and control its motion using one output pin
>>of a PIC microcontroller. I just want to try to spin it without using
>>PWM or any other fancy stuff.
>>Since i want a simple design i am thinking about using a Darlington
>>transistor that can handle about 1A of current.
>>Now, my question is : what if the motor will get stuck somehow and it
>>will suck up to 3, 4A ? What will happen in this case ? Will the
>>Darlington survive ?

SP> I'd give that a qualified 'maybe'. If you require it to survive, you
SP> must design it for that condition. It could be worse, BTW, something could
SP> be forcing the motor to turn in the opposite direction.

SP> Best regards,

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