[oopic] Re: Motor Alternate Power Source

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "jon_mark_go" <jonmarkgo@...> wrote:
>
> I was testing a motor and plugged in the optional servo power
> backwards (gnd in sp+ and sp+ in gnd). What would this do? It seems to
> have definitely blown out the motors that were connected. But what
else?
>

Well, it would have most certainly wiped out the servos. There is a
possibility that the destroyed servo electronics could have put an odd
voltage or ground back on the OOPic pin. That's the reason for the 330
ohm resistor previously recommended.

Richard

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