In this article, I’ll dig into a couple of things you need to know when it comes to using salvaged hard disc drive spindle motors. Most electronics hobbyists think that such hard disc drive spindle ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. The growing popularity of brushless dc (BLDC) motors is fueling demand for low-cost ICs capable of driving these three-phase motors. However, the ...

This IPD has a smaller package, more power, and smarter performance for BLDC motor drivers—what’s not to like? Advanced and sophisticated control of all types of motors, and especially brushless DC ...

The folks over at the [Barkhausen Institut] are doing research into controlling autonomous fleets of RC cars and had been using off the shelf electronic speed controllers (ESCs) to control the car ...

KAWASAKI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched two 600V small intelligent power devices (IPD) for brushless DC motor drive applications ...

Before continuing with the explanation started in Part 2 of the switched-modeoperation, the timer and timing system for the ST7MC motor control cellneeds explanation. All motor timing is driven by one ...

This should count as a hack: making music from a thing that should not sing. In this case, [SIROJU] is tickling the ivories with a Brushless DC motor, or BLDC.  To listen to a performance, jump to ...

KAWASAKI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has expanded its lineup of stepping motor driver ICs with the launch of “TB67S549FTG,” a stepping motor ...

This unipolar stepper motor driver circuit is used to drive a 12V unipolar stepper motor with a current rating of 1.25A. It uses PCA9537 IC, which is a 10-pin CMOS device that provides 4 bits of ...

The company unveiled a Galvanic Isolated Hex Bridge Inverter with integrated controller and drivers for three-phase Servo/BLDC motors. The system can deliver 100 amps of continuous current at 48 VDC ...

Having reviewed the basics of BLDC motor control in Part 1, the design effort canbegin.. The first quest is to select a microcontroller. Looking in themarketplace there are several microcontrollers ...