Circuit provides Class D motor control


Posted on Aug 19, 2012

Class D audio amplifiers provide a dual benefit for battery-powered portable devices (Figure). They enhance battery life, and they produce much less power dissipation than do their linear cousins. Those features make Class D amplifiers ideal candidates for controlling speed and direction in small electric motors. The standard application circuit for a Class D audio amplifier, IC1, requires only slight modifications. In place of the usual audio-signal input is a variable dc voltage that potentiometer R2 generates. Resistor R1 biases the potentiometer to match the input range of IC1. Full-counterclockwise rotation of the potentiometer corresponds to maximum-speed reverse rotation of the motor.



Midscale on the potentiometer corresponds to motor off, and full-clockwise rotation of the potentiometer produces maximum-speed forward rotation in the motor. The characteristics of a given motor may allow you to eliminate the amplifier`s output filt




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