Hackaday

Hack Improves Cheap Speed Controllers

Tony Goacher] has worked with a lot of cheap brushless DC motor controllers built in China. They can be very cost-effective, ...
Electronic Design

How to Control Brushless Motors (Part 2): Position-Control Loops

The importance of motor trajectory profiles and how they’re used in brushless DC (BLDC) motor control to minimize vibration and smooth out other performance issues. Why the PID loop is the most widely ...
EDN

Designer’s guide: Motor control and drivers

Motor control integrated circuits (ICs) and motor drives are essential elements for implementing smart manufacturing within the framework of Industry 4.0. A common requirement in modern industrial ...
Electronic Design

How to Control Brushless Motors (Part 1)

The design of different three-phase brushless DC motors and how they generate torque. How magnetics, construction, and other factors impact torque, speed, and smoothness in BLDC motors. General ...
Hackaday

High Performance Motor Control With FOC From The Ground Up

Vector Control, also known as Field Oriented Control or FOC is an AC motor control scheme that enables fine-grained control over a connected motor, through the precise control of its phases. In a ...
EDN

No more missed steps: Unlocking precision with closed-loop stepper control

Bipolar stepper motors provide precise position control while operating in an open loop. Industrial automation applications—such as robots and processing and packaging machinery—and consumer ...
IEEE

Stepper Motor Position Control Using PD and MPC Algorithms Embedded in Programmable Logic Controller

Abstract: This research studies the implementation of Proportional-Derivative (PD) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) approaches embedded in an industrial Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to ...
Design News

Stepper vs Servo Motors: Pros, Cons, & How to Choose the Right One

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) defines a servo device as “an adjustable-speed AC power drive system that includes an AC motor integrated by feedback, a converter, and control, ...
ien

Stepper Motor Controller Module with Multi-Protocol Communication

Acromag now offers a stepper motor controller in their BusWorks® NT Series of Ethernet I/O modules. The new NT2710 module provides six pulse train/logic outputs, six encoder inputs, and four ...
Automation

Acromag Adds Stepper Motor Controller to Family of Ethernet Remote I/O Modules With Multi-Protocol Communication

The new I/O module controls stepper motors with Modbus/TCP, Ethernet/IP or PROFINET interface to host PC, PLC or PAC. July 9, 2025 - Acromag now offers a stepper motor controller in their BusWorks NT ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Speed and Direction Control of DC Motor Using Arduino Uno Microcontroller ()

This paper describes the development and implementation of a control system for a direct current (DC) motor using the Arduino Uno microcontroller, based on the speed and direction control of the motor ...