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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!
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!