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Small fan switch sanity check. (lemmy.world)

Circuit is for controlling the fan on a Raspberry Pi, just on/off according to temp, no PWM. Not sure about the diode as it has a .7V drop and it’s a tiny brushless DC motor. No markings on the fan so I measured the current with a multimeter when hooking it up to a USB charger. Circuit was adapted from here using what I have...

glibg10b,

The maximum ICE is 61.76 mA in the worst case, so I’d say you’re good

glibg10b,

The transistor is a 2N4401. From the datasheet, VBE(sat,max) = 1.2 V and hFE(min) = 20, so it could drive ~60 mA in the worst case

glibg10b,

It essentially turns into a small generator while spinning down

Kind of like an inductor?

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