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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: vidam on June 04, 2008, 01:10:08 PM
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if a motor driver has a minimum current limit of 10 Amps does that mean it won't drive a motor with < 10 Amps?
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minimum current limit? never heard of it...
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Some devices, like switch mode power supplies, require a minimum load across the output. If the minimum load is not met the internal components tend to fry. Try running a small current consuming device on an old computer power supply and it will eventually die.
I've never seen a driver board for >10A motors, but if one was designed to operate at a minimum of 10A I would suspect the designers added that requirement for a reason. I'm sure it would work....for a little while.
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Some devices, like switch mode power supplies, require a minimum load across the output
this is the same as maximum current ;) you can calculate it easily