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Precision labs series: Brushed-DC motors

The brushed-DC motor is the simplest motor type and knowledge on how to operate a brushed-DC motor is fundamental to learning about motor drivers in general. This video series explains what a brushed-DC motor is, how it works and how you would drive it.

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Precision labs series: Brushed-DC motors

Fundamentals of brushed-DC motors (4)

Brushed-DC basics

00:04:29

The H-bridge

00:06:39

Motor interfaces and PWM frequencies

00:08:43

Driving a brushed DC motor

00:07:16

Brushed-DC basics

Understand the basics of brushed-DC motor drivers from construction to mechanical commutation.

00:04:29|11 Nov 2019

This video will describe brushed-DC motor driver construction and mechanical commutation and review how brushed-DC motors compare to stepper and brushless-DC motors.