Build a Power MOSFET H-Bridge for Arduino, PIC 

Good bless you Mr. Lewis for all these educating videos! Learning a lot from them!

Great video! Got it working with my arduino... As a side note, I did a sine modulation with the arduino so I could get a better output with less harmonics...

Great video. I was not sure how to use the 5V arduino to control a H bridge with Vin > 5V. This one solved my problem!

Hello Sir. Thank you for sharing your projects, your knowledge, your experience.

nice video, straight to the point.That exactly what i wanted to know before entering the exam. Thanks an i'll check your other videos and i hope they are as good as this one.

Thank you so much for your tutorials! Please keep making them :).

At 7:28 "another variation" From datasheet Vgs threshold is between 2 and 4 Volts; when the collector of Q5 (same for Q6) is in a range around half of the 12V voltage (like between 4 V and 12-4 = 8V) both Q1 and Q2 (same for Q3 and Q4) are ON, shorting the +12V to ground. Depending on the values of the gate resistors this would happen at least for a very short time during transitions from high to low and high to low (with the "right" resistor values it could happen all the time for a certain input level). When you connect gates together for complementary MOSFET transistors usually you connect sources together not drains. Doing that would limit the output range so not a solution in this case. Instead of connecting gates together, 2 resistors from gate Q1 to collector Q5 and from collector Q6 to gate Q2 would keep Q1 and Q2 being ON at the same time. Schematic as it is at 7:28 with drains together would be an acceptable design for supply voltages equal or less than |Q1 Vgs| + |Q2 Vgs| = 4 to 8 V (depending on actual transistors values) assuming that matches the voltage required for the motor, instead of 12V. Also at 11:09, if Q7 has a max Vce well above 24V, a well-calculated resistor (for example 2 times Rgs) could be an alternative solution instead of D1.

Thank you so much! Great video! This is helping me so much with my project (arduino robot). Thanks again!

Note there is updated material on MOSFETs and their drive circuits. See www.bristolwatch.com/ele3/mosfet_test.htm

Thank you sir! Awesome content! Looking forward for more!

Note disregard the schematic at 7min 25 sec. Go by the schematics here. www.bristolwatch.com/ele/h_bridge.htm Thanks to visitor for pointing problem.

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Great tutorial.. Very well made.. Thank you...

Thank you so much for this.. Best tutorial on H bridge's I Have seen so far.. I just learned of H bridges.. Ya, I know.. REALLY!!!!!! I am building a coil engine and have an arduino using Halleffect sensors to pick up the magnet on the fly wheel of the engine. I have a magnet on an aluminum shaft connected where the piston used to be. I built a pivot on my lathe that connects to the crank shaft and connects that shaft with a magnet on it together. I have guides that keep the shaft from tilting. above and below the magnet are power coils. The magnetic fields will face towards the magnets on the aluminum shaft. so depending on polarity from the circuit I can have 2 NORTH fields facing each other or 2 SOUTH fields facing each other. pushing and pulling the magnet at the same time. Been looking for a way to swap the field polarity without frying a circuit.. I am using HIGH amp coils. They can handle alot of amps. They are not wire coils. So I am looking for an H bridge design that can handle upwards of 300 amps.. So far the best mosfet's I have found can handle up to 280 amps. Thinking of getting them and making an H bridge with them. Using my arduino mega to control the upstroke and down stroke timing with the Hallsensors. I have my program made up with the RPM and timing and LCD display with my Voltage outputs of my pot(throttle) all set.. the engine.. Just an H bridge is all I need. There is a great deal more to my motor, but no one wants to hear the every detail. I am going to use this tutorial to make that H Bride.. You are a world of help.. I wouldn't mind your help if possible. If not thanks for the tutorial and keep up the help.. Sean

Just saw this excellent video. Thank you.

Very well presented, thank you.

Good videos man. Great to hear clear good quality audio on them too! I have lots more to tinker around with thanks to you!!! Why is your site call bristol watch? What is bristol and why are you watching it?

Very good explanations .Thanks a lot

PERFECT CLEAR VIDEO

Nice vid. I learnt a bunch. :)

Thanks. I enjoyed your video. It's appreciated.

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Very good content sir. God bless you sir

Thanks, very thorough.

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I just have to say that you do an extraordinary job of making it simple. May I suggest however that instead of zener diodes to protect the gate just used a resistor that will proportionally divide the voltage down with the bleed off resistor. Much cheaper.

Great video!! Thank you! Excellent to control a motor via Arduino with also bluetooth module for IoT application. Is there any compact H brige integrated circuit made from ST, NXP etc that you would recommend?

very nice explanation

Very well explained.

Great!! Thanks!! I would like to learn more about mosfets and drivers using Arduino or pic with PWM or SPWM!

Lewis ...,Great tutorial....great attention to detail and just the right info..

You are teaching me electronics!

thanks for that circuit examples, i think i got it know ... will see how quick it wil rust ^^

great tutorial. thanks.

very well explained

thanks a lot!!! great job

Now I understand better ... thank you ...

Great video

Thank you sir. You are awesome God bless you sir

Good video well explained

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Just updated the schematics. www.bristolwatch.com/ele/h_bridge.htm

I liked this video, it was a great help. Whilst it might not be a huge priority for you, the whistle from the microphone in the background was a little unnerving; But the video was great, the content was great, and you have a new subscriber

This is what i needed. I want to make tank chasis style robot And I want to use 24v drill as motor for my chasis. It should work great.

thanks for teaching

Muy buen aporte.Saludo

One more thing sir about the speed control nd the arduino schematics thank you sir

It is just an excellent tutorial on MOSFET switching. Many thanks.... Just a little issue on my head, at 11:40 shouldn't the Vcc on the right circuit be +24 V just like the one on the left? And also one more question, why your Ib and Ic currents are shown in reverse directions? Or at least, to me, it looks like reverse. I would say Ib should be pointing towards the base for an npn transistor.

Sorry to bump this but this is exactly what I was looking for as an alternative to TIP transistors. To be clear though the difference between the 7:25 time stamp and the web page schematic is the bleed off resistors on Q1 and Q3?

you are the best thanks

Good day ,great explanation . bit new at this and need help on a bit of a challenge . i have a starter motor 12 volt 100 amp . will it be possible to run this DC motor on this circuit and what components will i need to run this motor on PWM . I know this sounds like a strange setup but i need the torque for my application and also need to reduce the speed also need to change direction as well .a person could probably buy something readily made up but i want to learn from this so any help will do kind regards Wayne wilson

Thank you very much

Nice tutorial. One error though regarding 7:30: If you use the same value for Gate-Source resistors, 10kohm for example, when the bipolar transistors are off (Low and Low), then the gate-source voltage of all transistors will be 1/2 of the Vcc which in this case is 6V, which means all MOSFETs will be in a low impedance state, i.e. shorting Vcc to ground. I would remove the resistors between collector and emitter of the bipolar transistor (gate-source resistors for Q1 and Q3) for this to work.

Please take a look at 7:29. Node A connected to the 2 MOSFET is located between 2 resistors each of 10K. This is a voltage divider between 12V to ground, so you don't get 12V, at node A, but 6V, when the transistor Q5 is off! Please take a look if I am correct.

Hello Lewis. Well, the H-bridge seems to be part of my solution to use in a Newman or Bedini motor/generator? Do you know where I can find a micro-controller controlled transistor/mosfet circuit for a Newman Motor? I want to control the duty cycle, frequency and pulse width with the micro-controller. I would also want to 'harvest' the back EMF from my driver coil into a capacitor bank to charge the secondary/charge battery ..... or am I asking too much?

Thank you.

The presentation and explanation is very nice but if you will try the circuit which has only two inputs it will blow your MOSFETS, because if you did not realize the PChannel MOSFETS are always connected to the ground( always on the ON state ) through the bleeder resistors of the N Channel MOSFETS...

That's exactly what I'm looking for

can i use 4 irfz44n in the 2 entries circuit?

hii--- i want to simulate this full bridge mosfet drive with the help of a3921 please tell me which software is required for simulation

Thank, goog teacher !!

Thanks.

Thanks for the super class of mosfet ..! I've made an H-bridge with mosfet Channel P ... and N-channel ... just like what you teach in the video. However, I have a Proteus simulation problem when I replace the Logic state Imput with a 5 volt imput from an Lm7805. Would you know how to do this? Thank you. Great class. Congratulations!

Dear Mr. Lewis. I would like to make one of this to control a EM-257, nema 17, bipolar stepper motor that has a 0,7A nominal current and 7 V nominal voltage. This were removed from a Epson inkjet printer that uses IC`s that work with their 42V power supply. I connected the motors to a L239D module with 12V and the torque I get is probably enough, however I need to make another H bridge (as yours) because the L239D module max current is only 0,6A. Another option is to use a L293N module but I prefer to make one of yours to learn a bit more and to use recycled components. The problem I face is that I read everywhere of the necessity to control the current that goes to the motor, which is something I don't know how to do with a circuit like yours. Controlling the PWM signal is not really an option as the arduino controls that using the appropiate libraries (you just tell him what are the steps per revolution and the speed you want to achieve). Not using those libraries will be just too complicated coding for me. Pololu drivers come with a potentiometer, however I think the 4 pololu drivers I have come from one of the so many failed batches that are around in the market! Many thanks. Best Regards. Marcelo

Hi Lewis, any reason for Q5 and Q6 to use BJT instead of MOSFET? Thanks

Excellent!! ;) thank you!!!!

thanks bro

Thank you for the video. Does the H-Bridge also work with 4 n-channel Mosfets?

My Motor draws current of 5Amp? Is this circuit fine for the job?

Thanks for your clear videos. I have IRF630N, but in general how to tell if Vgs is high enough to reduce Rds? Can we switch the 2n2222 to switch the 12V onto the gate of the MOSFET, to get higher effective Vgs and thus lower Rds??? Also, wouldn't such a buffer be needed for fast switching and minimizing losses during i.e. PWM? Thanks again!

Great work sir. I tried it, i used irf 9540 (100v -18A) to replace irf9630. i Got problem when i connected this H-Bridge (your design) with 11.1V (3cells) Li-Po battery. P-Mosfet getting hot when switch on, but when i conmected to adaptor 12V, irf temperature keep cool.

Dear Sir, I am planning to use IRF4905 and IRL2505 to run a (brush) DC motor of 12V and 10 Amp. The questions are as follows: 1. Do I need additional diode? ( although both model have internal diode) 2. You quote that voltage at B of 2N2222 is 0.6V. Is it VBE(sat) ? 3.Do we really need (polarized) capacitor as shown in High - Side MOSFET Switch (11:46) and what is the capacity?

Why not use 5v gate mosfets instead of high voltage P channel? The NDP6020P for instance.

Hello Sir. what value do resistors have?

I have really loved the videos seen so far. I love your circuits and you explaining them. Many youtube videos are project based which is good, but it can be hard to grasp the intricacies of the circuit. There were a couple of things I noted in other videos was that a resistor was used between the microcontroller and gate to slow down the activation/charging of the gate source capacitor which with the required activation charge would cause a current greater than the microcontroller could supply. Was that just because of the N channel mosfet selected (Think it was IRFZ44NP)? Your video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IjgvKJrAOS4.html did not include resistor between microcontroller and mosfet,though did for bjt pre p channel mosfet. At was power )drain source) do you have to consider a heatsink, and how big should it be? I am sorry if these are already mentioned in other videos.

Very nice!.. Could I use Pwm in this h bride ?.

Nice

Excellent my friend, amazing explained, only that be great the video was be able in spanish or with subtitles :) but is very easy to understand thanks to you.

Thank you for the clear video. Do you recommend to implement it using transistors on my pcb or use of the shelf solution? What would you suggest for up to 20V motors?

Excellent video demonstration Mr. Loflin! Could you please let me know if I would be correct in assuming that replacing the motor with the secondary winding of a transformer that we now have a step up DC to AC inverter? And If so, would some type of diode be used as a spike or fly-back suppression?

there 1 big problem though how do you activate an h bridge if the arduino supply 5v signal when yoo want 12v or more togo through dem mosfet that the only thing i am missing in diy ing my own h bridge

This circuits was usesing in vcrs' but their are useing transistors.

wouldnt the 2 resistors on each side form a voltage divider , putting both gates at half the voltage of the rails (6v)? which means they will be both turned on at the same time when the input to the npn is low? (the gate of Q2 pulled low by 6v, the gate of Q1 pulled high by 6 v)

Hi. I really enjoy your videos, and I have learnt alot. I am an Electric engineer with some limited knowledge of ICs, soldering and arduino. I found your channel while searching for a Wayne to control a 12v Dc / 55A motor. It is used in a boat and driving a cooling water pump. Do you have any suggestion for such a circuit?

If I use logic level P-channel and N-channel MOSFETs could I disregard the transistor used? I'm designing an H-bridge to drive a transformer.

is there a protection against back EMF in this circuit, or are additional diodes necessary for that?

How would you make this work with 3 signals to be able to "coast" and also "brake" the motor? This example the motor brakes when its not being run forward or reverse.

i have to ask, on your last diagram you have a n channel mosfet with 2 transistors? what type of transistor? nd you end up with 2 outputs so my question is why turn on tho transistors? if i can just connects the arduino inputs pin to the outputs of each gate of this four mosfet's? and in regards to the mosfet are this all the same types or we have 2 of each? (p & n channel?) like your videos keep em coming!

Can you explain us a little about the cross conduction of the circuit after 7min 25 sec? Thank you!

Just re-watched this and figured I'd add another comment. The 10k gate-bleed resistors on the N-channel (bottom) MOSFETS are nowhere near as 'important' as the resistors on the P-channel (top) MOSFETS if the N-channel gates are permanently connected to Arduino output pins. This is because Arduino output pins are true 'totem pole' outputs meaning that the pin is 'effectively' connected to either VCC or GND. Pulling the N-channel gates to GND using the Arduino output will be significantly lower than the 10k bleeder. (The only point to consider is that when the Arduino initially powers up, all of the pins are INPUTS until the Arduino code sets them to outputs) For those people building an H-bridge using bipolars (or perhaps MOSFETS that don't have a suitable body diode built in), you can use a bridge rectifier instead of the 4 external diodes - preferably a fairly 'fast' bridge rectifier...

Hey Lewis, Could you post a link to you Schematics.I cant find it in the link provided in the description.

Which MOSFET is used sir?

sir. for mosfet h bridge motor. do i need to put a diode on a motor itself?

oh and Im not a 100% on this but i'm pretty sure the resistor you're using at the gate of Q3 and Q1 are not even needed. As long as you have set the digital port on the arduino as an output, it will easily sink the current from the capacitance present on the gates of Q3 and Q1 the same way the output of an opamp would after going from high to low. The only way Q3 and Q1 would stay on is if you set the digital i/O as an output and then switched that output to high and then set the same digital I/O to Input which would not make sense in this model.

Quick question : why do you reverse the current direction in your schematics (Ib, Ic, Ids) ?

Nothing about shoot through?

Sorry sir I'm repairing this kids electric car 12v DC in a control circuit like this one of the p Chanel MOSFET shorted no.hy19p03 what number can I use as equivalent of this cause I don't find this hy19p03

Can these drivers be used with PWM inputs instead of constant voltage?

sorry mr there is a wrong in circuit at 9:30 the above transistors Q2 and Q4 will be ahigh in all state even the Q5 and Q6 be off because there is adrope voltage across the butom resistors and this drope lower than vcc so keep Q2 and Q4 on in all cases ....thanx

There's something worthy to add when controlling an 'atypical' DC motor. Once such a motor is already SPINNING and then you REMOVE the source of power, the motor will become a GENERATOR until it spins down to zero RPM. This will take a FINITE time to happen. If you want the motor to 'spin-down' faster, then you can switch BOTH power inputs of the motor to some fixed potential (which can be ground OR the positive supply rail). The energy that is output by the spinning 'generator' is now shunted away (as heat) and thus the motor will stop spinning MUCH faster. (In a nutshell, this is a VERY rough description of how regenerative braking woks on a modern electric vehicle - eg: Tesla)