>Yes. I'd have chosen a non-Schottky, fast recovery diode.

I'm kind of confused; Isn't a Schottky diode a fast recovery diode?
Could you give an example as to what diodes you would have used for
this?

>This is not a BLDC but a brushed DC motor.
>I made a small controllor for this gearbox with the SN754410 without diode=
s.
>The current is around 0.5A so it's better to heatsink the chip.

My mistake, I thought they were brushless. Do you think a ground plane
will provide a suitable heatsink for the IC?

I'm not sure if I connected the flyback diodes correctly in my
circuit. Here's the schematic:
http://www.roboticsguy.com/images/misc/balancing_robot/balancing-robot-boar=
d-schematic-r8.png.
Is that the right way to do it?

If you have any other advice for the circuit, I would appreciate
hearing that as well!

Thanks,

Nathan
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