Electric motors can seem very mysterious! How do they use electricity to start rotating? Let's break it down step by step to ...

DC motors are electric motors that are powered by direct current (DC), such as from a battery or DC power supply. Their commutation can be brushed or brushless. The speed of a brushed DC motor can be ...

Brushless DC motors are common place in RC Vehicles. They are small, light, fast and can be inexpensive. [Raynerd] wanted a new spindle for his CNC machine and thought that a brushless DC motor ...

Over 30 years ago, AC drives were considered "new technology." If a company wanted to have reliable production, it should stick with known, proven technology - that of DC drives and motors. In many ...

[Frank Herrmann] had an interesting idea to turn a geared DC motor into a servo motor assembly, but with a stepper motor-like interface. By stacking some small PCBs behind the motor body ...