While building robotics projects, the importance of controllers and motors cannot be overstated. These components are the heart and soul of any robotic system, providing the necessary control and ...

[Jesse Merritt] bought a manual speed controller for his router. It’s used in the CNC mill he build and he figured, why not add the ability for the computer to control the speed. The speed controller ...

You can salvage some nice motors out of optical drives but they can be tricky to control. That’s because brushless DC motors require carefully timed signals used in a process called Electronic Speed ...

Maker and developer Rolf Hut has created an awesome Arduino powered longboard which is equipped with LEDs that react to the speed of the rider and board. Hut has used 4 x magnets and a Hall effect ...