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FyberOptic
Hiya, I was considering adding either a floppy and/or hard drive into a
project I'm working on, and since either requires 12v to run the
motors, I got to wondering about something. Are the logic and motor
components of such a drive totally isolated from one another? I mean,
if I want to power the logic board of a drive from the power source of
the project itself, but I want to power the motor from an independent
external source, is this possible without frying the other side? One
would think this would be the case, but I thought it's best to confirm
before I start sticking things together!
Also, in the event I might decide to use compact flash (via a CF to IDE
adapter) in place of a hard drive, would one even have to power the
motor side, or just simply send standard 5v to the logic side?
project I'm working on, and since either requires 12v to run the
motors, I got to wondering about something. Are the logic and motor
components of such a drive totally isolated from one another? I mean,
if I want to power the logic board of a drive from the power source of
the project itself, but I want to power the motor from an independent
external source, is this possible without frying the other side? One
would think this would be the case, but I thought it's best to confirm
before I start sticking things together!
Also, in the event I might decide to use compact flash (via a CF to IDE
adapter) in place of a hard drive, would one even have to power the
motor side, or just simply send standard 5v to the logic side?
