Timeline for Is it safe to run these motors with raspberry Pi directly?
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| Aug 19, 2020 at 15:59 | vote | accept | Vikash Singh | ||
| Aug 16, 2020 at 14:30 | comment | added | Bimpelrekkie | TLDR: An RPi's outputs are completely unsuitable to drive practically any motor. The outputs can just barely drive an LED. In a proper design even for an LED a transistor is used to to the actual switching. Motors take much more current than small LEDs so indeed, using a motor driver is strongly advised. | |
| Aug 16, 2020 at 11:54 | history | answered | Electronic_Nerd | CC BY-SA 4.0 |