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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Each PlayStation motherboard contains a 4-channel BTL-driver IC, driving the spindle motor, sled motor, focus coil and tracking coil. The inputs are driven by the [[CD_DSP|DSP]].
Each PlayStation motherboard contains a BTL-driver IC, driving the spindle motor, sled motor, focus coil and tracking coil. The inputs are driven by the [[CD_DSP|DSP]].
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All of these are 4-channel BTL drivers.


They naturally run relatively warm (hence the large ground pads for heatsinking), but should never get too hot to touch (->IC or something connected to it is probably defective or shorted). All of these have thermal shutdown as a safety feature.
They naturally run relatively warm (hence the large ground pads for heatsinking), but should never get too hot to touch (->IC or something connected to it is probably defective or shorted). All of these have thermal shutdown as a safety feature.
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=== Panasonic ===
=== Panasonic ===
* AN8732SB (PU-22, PU-23, PM-41)
* AN8732SB (PU-22, PU-23, PM-41)
** Using this IC instead of the Rohm part also requires changing some other components
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