Title :
How to develop a low-cost motor controller
Abstract :
This paper describes the design of low-cost DC motor controller for use by robot hobbyists. The motor controller created by this project has a profound impact on the robot hobbyist arena by creating a product that performs far beyond its expectations This is due to the fact that this motor controller will drive two independent DC motors with the same functionality found in a high-end single motor controller, and cost only $30 to build. Testing has shown that the hardware platform designed and created by this project is capable of performing all the functionality of a high-end motor controller while controlling two DC motors. The software is user-friendlier than any other motor controller currently available.
Keywords :
DC motors; closed loop systems; electric machine analysis computing; humanoid robots; machine control; high-end single motor controller; low-cost DC motor controller; robot hobbyists; Control systems; DC motors; Hardware; Master-slave; Micromotors; Prototypes; Pulse width modulation; Size control; Testing; Voltage control;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MP.2005.1502506