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High voltage H-bridge diode

i'm designing a varable-frequency drive with 2 H-bridges based on IR2108 half-bridge drivers. I want it to drive a 220v single-phase motor. Reading the datasheet i got a little confused on choosing ...
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Using a diode or resistor, to supply minimal voltage to LED Driver (Help!)

I'm using a dual 60W LED multi-chip pendant lighting (a.k.a. "high bay" pendant light with two 60W LED chips). This light is using an RGB driver (one per multi-chip) that has a remote control to ...
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Suppression diode for relays in ULN2803A

I want to make a simple 8 chanel relay multiplexer. My choice for driver IC at the moment is ULN2803A and for relays it is a 12v DC DPST relay. I read in ULN2803A datasheet that it contains ...
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Motor drivers and kickback diodes

I am considering buying one of the hbridge drivers referenced in the below tutorial, but when I looked at the comments underneath the second hbridges sparkfun page, kickback diodes were referenced and ...