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Inductive spiking, and how to fix it!
Why people recommend it
Demonstrates the voltage spike when current through an inductive load is suddenly cut and how a flyback diode tames it; often linked for motor and relay driver questions.
Watch for: diode orientation across the coil
In their words
But after watching the video from afrotechmods ([video]) he says that we need a Schottky diode when we are switching at > 1 kHz.
Mike Gleason jr Couturier on electronics.stackexchange.com, Feb 2018. CC BY-SA.
I recommend you watch this video for further information on that topic.
JMaravalhasSilva on electronics.stackexchange.com, Feb 2016. CC BY-SA.
This video gives a pretty good demonstration of the reasoning behind this.
zeroskew on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jun 2016. CC BY-SA.
