Salvaging a beefy motor is one life’s greatest pleasures for a hacker, but, when it comes to using it in a new project, the lack of specs and documentation can be frustrating. [The Post Apocalyptic ...

The Megaflux Series of thin-ring brushless torque motors is designed for use in direct-drive applications in large inertia or high-torque load systems. The motors deliver stall torque ranging from 2 ...

As in our previous installment, one thing truly led to another. This time, it was our cam swap (hydraulic to solid street roller), which led us to this torque converter swap. We anticipated this would ...

A fundamental understanding of the speed-torque curve it the key to specifying a dc motor that will do everything it needs to do. Much has been written about the process of selecting motors for ...

With the growing popularity of CVT's and sequential manual transmissions, some may say that the conventional automatic may go extinct someday. Yeah right. There are still plenty of Bow Tie enthusiasts ...

A brushless-DC motor is common in ceiling fan and pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera designs. But you can’t use the same brushless-DC motor solution for both of these end products. A ceiling fan driver ...