[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: anyone ever use these infineon half bridges?

Jonathan Foote jtfoote at ieee.org
Wed Nov 24 22:15:18 UTC 2010


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> why do you have to buy from findchips? are they obsolete?

Not that I'm aware, they just seem to be a specialty automotive thing
and not always stocked by the usual suspects.
Findchips (a search site, not a supplier)  has them at Digikey now but
not at Mouser or Newark.


> On 11/24/2010 01:15 PM, Jonathan Foote wrote:
>> Haven't looked at that, but I looked at the STI VNH2SP30 for SWARM. 30
>> amps, full bridge, $10 on findchips.com. You can gang the 2 half
>> bridges for a 60 amp half bridge. Similarly easy to interface and
>> Pololu has some good breakout boards.  (The kicker for Swarm was that
>> -- buried in the datasheet -- it maxes out at 12 VDC operational and
>> we needed 24.)  I have some atmega code to drive it.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Michael Shiloh
>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> single chip integrates N-channel and P-channel mosfets and drive
>>> circuitry with current sensing and full protection. Simple 7 pin
>>> connection, current capability 20-40A
>>>
>>>
>>>         BTN7930S
>>>
>>> about $6 at digikey
>>>
>>> a similar part is used by robotpower's h bridge, but that part is
>>> obsolete. looks dead simple to use.
>>>
>>> i'm tempted to get a couple just to play with
>>> --
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