Thanks for the reply.  I've had real problems trying to find details on the 
motors, but I've managed to get them working using the Sparkfun IOIO 
Instructions for motors.  Basically a diode, transistor & resistor.  I'm 
using Basic4Android to write the control software, and can get readings 
already.  Great board by the way, very easy to get started with.

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:37:06 AM UTC, Ytai wrote:
>
> The link you sent doesn't have any electrical spec that I could find, so I 
> can give a definitive answer.
> I would be surprised if these motors took less that 25mA to run, and even 
> it they do, you would at a minimum use protection diodes to avoid voltage 
> glitches that may hard the pin.
> So I'm inclined to say that you probably want a driver, which can be as 
> simple as a transistor if you only care about unidirectional operation, or 
> an H-bridge otherwise.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Trevor Nicholl 
> <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use an IOIO to run 4 tiny motors in a micro quadcopter. 
>>  I've not got a lot of information on the motors, but they are very small. 
>>  Would I still need to get a motor driver, or could these motors be 
>> attached directly to the IOIO?
>>
>> The motors are:  WL-V929-08 - Motor
>>
>> http://www.myrcmart.com/wlv92908-motor-p-4827.html
>>
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