Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00719



To: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:17:16 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: dumb questions


On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Wilf Rigter wrote:

> Is there a power mosfet bridge design?

Can be done I guess, but sounds a tad expensive and overdone at the
usual BEAM power levels. Transistors are *much* cheaper. VCEsat and
base current can be kept low enough (like 0.1V and 5mA), if good
motors are used. Better to spend the money on motors, not power
fets?

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