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Arduino's new DIY electronics starter kit has an UNO R4 board

A rduino boards are a popular choice for DIY electronics, but it's not always clear how to get started with building projects ...
Geeky Gadgets

Arduino Motor Shield, Arc-Controller Launched By Arc Robotics (video)

Maker, developers and hobbyists that enjoy building Arduino platform based projects might be interested in a new Arduino Motor Shield called the Arc controller which has been created by Arc Robotics.
EDN

Motor control kit simplifies AC, DC designs to 3 kW

Lexington, Mass.&#8212STMicroelectronics' Motor Control Reference Design Kit simplifies the evaluation and implementation of 3-phase brushless direct current (BLDC) and AC drive applications across ...
Electronics Weekly

Back in Wonderland: inside another SCR dc motor controller

Permanent magnet dc motors need a chunky inductor in series with them if they are fed from an SCR (thyristor) based mains power controller. It is (probably!) possible to safely interface an Arduino to ...
Hackaday

Battle Tested Current Limiter For Cheap DC Motor Controllers

Running a brushed motor in muddy or dusty environments takes a toll on controllers, with both heavy back EMF and high stall currents. This explains one of the challenge in Europe’s Hacky Racer series, ...
Electronic Design

Field-Oriented Motor Control

With the new InstaSPIN™-FOC (field-oriented-control) solution from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) designers can identify, tune and fully control (through variable speeds and loads) any type of ...
Electronics Weekly

TI speeds motor design with ARM MCU-based kits

Texas Instruments has a range of motor control kits for quick designs with three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors. The four motor control kits include object-oriented software functions and drivers ...