[ATM] Equatorial mount motors

[chaosopher23 at yahoo.com (Kevin Whitefire)]

> 
> 
> Now, in order so control my equatorial mount,
> i have ordered 2 motors (astrosyn) which have
> 0.6Amps on their
> specifications.
> 
> 
> I was wondering if my existing circuit will do the
> job
> since the ULN2003 darlington transistors have 500mA
> as a maximum on DC
> operation
> and 600mA as a peak value.
> 
Either run the transistors two in a series or get
something that can slightly overpower the motor. 
You're looking at feeding transistors to that circuit
if you use it a lot.  Peak power isn't something you
want to approach very often.

Kevin of Eastern Iowa
Seeker of the Darkness

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