[TowerTalk] STEPPIR QUESTION

[Rick Karlquist]

Dick Green WC1M wrote:
> That's great info, Jerry. So, if I understand the design correctly, if one
> of the two wires in a pair is accidentally disconnected, and it happens to
> be the return current line, the chip will burn itself up. Is that correct?

I had an intermittent in one of the connectors on my MonstIR and it
got disconnected many times without damage (the MonstIR worked
fine once I fixed the intermittent).  I don't know whether it
was the return line though.  IIRC it was pin 12, but I'm not
sure.

Rick N6RK