Comments on: L293D and DC Motor with Raspberry PI Pico and MicroPython https://peppe8o.com/l293d-and-dc-motor-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-micropython/ Raspberry PI, Arduino and Electronics made simple Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: peppe8o https://peppe8o.com/l293d-and-dc-motor-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-micropython/#comment-28343 Sat, 04 May 2024 09:47:24 +0000 https://peppe8o.com/?p=4736#comment-28343 In reply to joe mcverry.

DC motors drain a lot of current, a bit too much for the power chain inside our Raspberry PI Pico microcontroller. For ashort test is ok, but for long usage I suggest using a different power souce

]]> By: joe mcverry https://peppe8o.com/l293d-and-dc-motor-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-micropython/#comment-28317 Fri, 03 May 2024 19:46:16 +0000 https://peppe8o.com/?p=4736#comment-28317 The Pico has a 5v power pin. Could you power the L 293D from that?

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