I am considering buying one of the hbridge drivers referenced in the below tutorial, but when I looked at the comments underneath the second hbridges sparkfun page, kickback diodes were referenced and how one of the drivers has internal diodes but the other doesn't. I will be working with motors no more than 8V and much less than 1 A of current. Which of these drivers should I use and should I use kickback diodes with it also?
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/DCMotorControl
Answer
From the comments @ sparkfun (Specifically superbrad):
The L293D has internal flyback diodes, which catch what would otherwise be high voltage inductive noise (sometimes even in the kilovolts). With the SN754410, you must use external flyback diodes in your H-Bridge.
Even though you might feel like you can get away with it, it's a VERY bad idea to use the SN754410 without a flyback diode. It's not just the driver you have to worry about, it's your entire circuit (MCU, accelerometers, expensive XBee, etc.). Eventually, your luck will run out, even if you don't turn it on and off frequently.
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