July 2012
Beginner
176 pages
7h 48m
English

A CELEBRATION OF AMAZING CREATIONS AND THE PARTS THAT MADE THEM POSSIBLE.
How to use a few simple parts to get your projects moving.
People new to electronics and robotics are often surprised to learn that, besides your project’s “brain” (the microcontroller), you usually need a special support board to drive motors. These boards are called motor controllers and they can be anything from a simple circuit (which we’ll talk about here) to elaborate systems that can adjust torque on the motor, guard against overloads and faults, and perform other sophisticated control features.
In hobby electronics, three main types ...