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From: weisberg@ee.rochester.edu (Jeff Weisberg)
Subject: Re: Who produces L298 Dual Full Bridge Power Driver?
Message-ID: <1993Apr28.200018.10055@ee.rochester.edu>
Organization: Univ. of Rochester, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
References: <1993Apr28.123143.23709@alf.uib.no> <1993Apr28.152515.26900@julian.uwo.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 20:00:18 GMT
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rcook@gfx.engga.uwo.ca said:
| The L298? hmmm.  I just returned from the BEAM Robot Olympics in Toronto,
| Canada.  One of the entrants was using a National Semiconductor chip, the
| LM18298.  It is listed as a Dual Full Bridge Driver.  
| 
| I went looking for this part in the hobby stores but noone had it in stock,
| (or even new what I was talking about).  The one store I did not get to
| check is Electrosonic.  They sell Nat. Semi. chips to us in Canada.  Sorry,
| no address.
| 
| If you find a source, please let me know too!

I don't know about the L298 or LM18298, but I use use an LM18293 on
my micromouse (the one at BEAM that didn't quite finish the maze).
It is a (from memory) 3A push-pull driver, 4 channel (2 per motor).
It is carried by Digi-Key (1800-344-4539) at $4.05 each.

	--jeff

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Jeff Weisberg  |  weisberg@ee.rochester.edu   |    Real Cherries,
               |  ur-valhalla!weisberg        |        Watch for pits!

