[dorkbotdc-blabber] L239 vs L239B vs L293D vs SN754410

[Thomas Edwards]

The big difference I am aware of is that the L293D has output clamping
diodes, and the SN754410 does not.  So the question is whether the
price difference is worth your purchase of diodes and extra effort to
put them in...

-Thomas

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Alberto Gaitán
<alberto.gaitan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can any of you provide a birds eye view of this issue? If the application is
> driving steppers, are these two interchangable except for current needs
> (some are 600mA and the others 1A)? The price difference is pretty
> significant. How to select?
>
>  -Alberto