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Offline nileshnaharTopic starter

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how to control about 6 small dc motors...
« on: October 31, 2011, 08:04:40 AM »
i'm building an automated parking module for which i'll need to control 8 motors and 2 servos..how should i control the motors.i'll be using small dc geared motors
 
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Offline joe61

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Re: how to control about 6 small dc motors...
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2011, 08:28:50 AM »
How you should control them depends a lot on what "they" are. Some more details would be helpful, but take a look at http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/11

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Re: how to control about 6 small dc motors...
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2011, 08:34:44 AM »
dey ar small 3v dc geared motors
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Re: how to control about 6 small dc motors...
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2011, 09:17:03 AM »
Quote from: nileshnahar on October 31, 2011, 08:34:44 AM
dey ar small 3v dc geared motors
If they are NOT steppers or brushless motors, then You need 6 H-bridges driven by 6 PWM channels. For 2 servos You will need 2 more PWM channels.
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Re: how to control about 6 small dc motors...
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2011, 06:35:12 PM »
It also depends on what you mean by "control". Do you needed to:
Turn them on/off is only one rotating direction?
Turn them on/off in two rotating directions?
Control their speed and direction?

Each control method has a different solution.
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Re: how to control about 6 small dc motors...
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 05:14:39 AM »
out of the 6 motors 2 would need to just switch on nd off and the other 4 need to switch on and off and also change direction of rotation
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