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PIC Micro, H-bridge and DC motor

H-Bridge is a very popular application circuit for dc motor control. It uses BJTs or MOSFETs to switch on the dc motor in clockwise or counterclockwise direction. This tutorial describes the classical H-bridge circuit and how to interface it with a PIC microcontroller to operate a DC motor.




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