I found a transistor. Can you help me connect it to a 3v motor?

Jimmio

I found a little transistor in something I took apart, and was wondering, could I possibly connect it to run a 3v motor? It says, "KOREA
145
MC7806C"
Please Help If You Have The Know-How.

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Chris Savage

Hello,

·· That's not a transistor...It's actually a 6V Regulator.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
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Jimmio

I found another one. And it's a lot smaller. the code on it is, "C945
K23C" Is this a transistor?

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Chris Savage

Jimmio,

·· I found out what the last part was by using Google...I think it could work for you too.

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Parallax Tech Support
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Jimmio

Can't I just run a 3v motor directly?

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Jon Williams

NO..... if you connect a 3v motor to the output of the BASIC Stamp you will burn up the I/O pin; motors take much more current than an I/O pin can sink or source.· Scott Edwards wrote a great column for Nuts & Volts a few years back, it will help:

http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol1/col/nv6.pdf

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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax