ECM Introduces New Motor Drive and Controller Platform to Accelerate Adoption of PCB Stator Motor Technology

Purpose-built platform reduces time, cost, and complexity in developing next-generation PCB Stator motor systems. NEEDHAM, ...
Machine Design

Custom Motor Design: SaaS Platform Brings Flexibility to PCB Stator Design

As a SaaS offering, the Motor CAD platform enables manufacturers to advance from motor design to production in record time. Boston-based ECM PCB Stator Tech is demonstrating the company’s PrintStator ...
Electronic Design

Real-Time MCUs Drive the Next Generation of More Efficient Appliances and Power Tools

The latest microcontrollers featuring field-oriented control bring higher efficiency to motor-control circuit designs in consumer ...
Machine Design

Controlling Brushed DC Motors Using PWM

Many applications using miniature brushed DC motors require motors to operate at more than one load point or through specific load cycles. Running a motor at usable load points requires a variable, ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Motor Branch-Circuit Short-Circuit and Ground-Fault Protection for Low-Voltage Variable-Frequency Drives

A typical low-voltage variable-frequency drive. Industrial facilities commonly use variable-frequency drives (VFDs) to control the speed at which alternating current motors operate. Let’s examine a ...
EDN

Motor control design: noise reduction in stepper motors

The amount of noise in a motor depends on the type of motor, environmental conditions, and the specific application. Permanent magnet and hybrid stepper motors are generally quieter, as they have a ...
CU Boulder News & Events

ECEA 5341 Motors and Motor Control Circuits

Note: This specialization requires purchase of a hardware kit in order to apply your knowledge and skill with real world tools. The hardware will be used to complete the lab exercises across the four ...
EDN

Motor drive design: Integrated drivers vs. gate drivers

When designing a motor control circuit, it’s vital to determine how to deliver the high current required to drive the motor. Designers must choose whether to use monolithic integrated circuits (ICs) ...
Electronic Design

Interface Circuit Allows Users To Control DC Motor's Speed

The circuit in the figure provides three levels of speed control for a dc motor, using a PC’s parallel port (LPT1). A C++ program performs the control functions by allowing the signals from the PC ...
Hackaday

Designing Tiny Motors Right Into The Robot’s Circuit Board

Motors are not overly complex, but this one is downright simple. Carl Bujega has been working on a motor design that heavily relies on the capabilities of the printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Design Guidelines for Electric Fire Pump Power Services — Part 2 of 3

In the first installment of this three-part series of articles, featured in the August 2024 print issue and online, we discussed fire pump requirements along with Code-related references in the ...