Control a DC motor from your computer

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Control a DC motor from your computer

08-20-2008 12:42 PM

Matt
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Using a few widely available modular components, you can create a flexible system that can be used to control a DC motor. Start by selecting a DC motor that will meet the demands of your project, then a motor controller that can provide sufficient power to the motor. Add an appropriate servo controller to generate the R/C control signals, and software to issue commands to the servo controller, and you're ready to roll! If you need to monitor the motor speed, feedback is easily achieved by adding an optical encoder.

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08-22-2008

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Re: Control a DC motor from your computer

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08-22-2008

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Re: Control a DC motor from your computer

Nice work! I particularly liked the white board diagram.

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Re: Control a DC motor from your computer

I agree you did an excellent job. I am looking into motor controllers to try something similar to this!

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