Increasing current handling of PWM motor controller

Dec 23, 2008 0 Replies

Hi,



I have a nifty little motor controller for Arduino that can handle 12v DC motors up to about 1amp. I was wondering if it would be possible to increase the current handling ability by adding some hi power transistors and a few resistors to the output stage?



I'm not really that knowledgeable on circuit design, but I was thinking that with a couple of resistors to adjust the output of the motor controller from 12v down to a suitable range of voltage (and current) for Vbe/Ib, then this could be used to trigger a larger transistor that can handle switching more than one amp.



Is it really that simple? Or is there more to it?



Thanks in advance - all help greatly appreciated.



Dave


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