This one looks interesting too: 
http://www.robotpower.com/products/MegaMoto_info.html

On May 6, 1:00 pm, Steve Tyng <[email protected]> wrote:
> Homebrewing your own high amp controller is fraught with frustration,
> anger, and anguish.  In the end you will end up buying a commercial
> product anyway.  If you do go the homebrew route, at least use
> integrated bridge chips made for automotive applications instead of
> the discrete route.  The chip sets have nice features like current/
> temp sensing and limiting.
>
> Infineon and Motorala make some nice half and full bridge chips.  One
> example is the Infineon BTS7960B or similar.
>
> Here's a simple h-bridge using the BTS7960B that can be easily driven
> by a microcontroller.
>
> -http://www.robotpower.com/products/simple-h_info.html
>
> Steve Tyng
>
> On May 5, 7:59 pm, Loren <[email protected]> wrote:> Both, really.  The 
> Mosfets are like $5 each, I'd need the higher
> > wattage diodes for the back emf protection, and probably a doodad or
> > two on the logic side to take pwm from the Arduino.  I'm thinking
> > scratch will cost me less in materials, and since I'm planning on
> > doing the rest of the electronics more or less from scratch too for
> > learning, the time spent will be less of an issue.  I'll let you guys
> > know just how much money I save/don't save doing it.
>
> > On May 4, 9:47 pm, Micah Leibowitz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > If you are starting this project with the intent to save money....
> > >  
> > > or are you starting this project to learn new things?

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