Bi-directional motor


Posted on Feb 7, 2014

This is a simple and easy to construct circuit that can be used to provide a bidirectional drive to a DC motor. The circuit operation is straight forward. Output of an astable mutivibrator based on IC1 (NE555) is used to control the relay RL1 driving the motor. The motor is connected between the two poles of the relay contacts. The relay contacts


Bi-directional motor
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are so wired as to reverse the DC supply to the motor when the contacts changeover. The astable multivibrator produces a square wave at the output with its high time given by 0. 69(R1+R3+R5)C1 and low time given by 0. 69(R1+R2+R4)C1. The high and low times can be varied by varying potentiometers R4 and R5. For the given values the high and low times can be adjusted between 1S and 8S separately. When the IC1 output is low, the relay is de energised and the relay contacts are in position 1-1 with the result that A terminal of the motor is positive and motor runs in one direction. The IC1 output is high the relay is energised and the contacts changeover to position 2-2. Now the terminal B of the motor becomes positive and motor runs in the opposite direction. The transistor Q1 is used to drive the relay according to the output from IC1. The diode D4 acts as freewheeling diode.




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