Found in an 80's Elektor, this circuit can control loads up to 750 mA with the BD139 and 100 mA with the used transistor.
Found in American documentation from the 90s, this configuration detects the direction of rotation...
Circuits similar to this can be found in this section. This is from 1967 General Electric...
This circuit uses two transistors and can be powered by just two small batteries. The frequency is given...