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Sender: "piclist-bounces@mit.edu" Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:30:40 -0800 Subject: Re: [EE] H-Bridge supply voltage spike only in "reverse" (not forward) Thread-Topic: [EE] H-Bridge supply voltage spike only in "reverse" (not forward) Thread-Index: AdXSJUKV0I5iop0IRJyJJJcsPcjSFA== Message-ID: References: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , In-Reply-To: Reply-To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. 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RP On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 at 08:27, Richard Prosser wrote: > Have you tried swapping the mosfets &/or drivers around. Something isn't > right. > > RP > > On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 at 08:09, Jason White < > whitewaterssoftwareinfo@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am encountering the following. The supply voltage line to my >> H-Bridge is rising only when the H-Bridge is running a motor in >> "reverse." In forward the supply voltage is unaffected. >> >> Intuitively I am having trouble understanding why this should be. I >> lack a decoupling capacitor on the supply line, but do have a zener. >> >> I have attached a schematic of the circuit. >> >> I will send the forward and reverse waveforms in two follow up emails >> to avoid hitting the file size attachment limits.The waveforms will >> show supply voltage and voltage across the H-Bridge. >> >> -- >> Jason White >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .