Re: Basics about switching loads (hotend, heatbed) with MOSFETs

ShadowRam Wrote:
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> I thought the proper term was Shunt Diode.
>
> Used on relays too to dump the magnetic collapse
> from back feeding through an output on a
> microcontroller.
>
> The RAMPS 1.4 does have an LED in parallel with
> the output load. Does that help shunt the back
> feeding?

There are several names for that component

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