On 05/02/2011 23.14, Nathan House wrote:
> Do you think a ground plane will provide a suitable heatsink for the IC?

If I remember correctly these motors need 3-6V and less then 0.5A (but mini=
mum=20
for the chip is 4.5V) so you must dissipate the heat because the absolute m=
ax=20
power dissipation is only 2W, i think that a ground plane is not enough.



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