DC Motor Control

Posted on Feb 6, 2014

We used buffer IC`s (7417, 7414) to isolate the signals to and from the Arduino. This protected the board, and provided power for external devices without drawing it from the Arduino. An H-bridge can be thought of in much the same way. It is the interface between an electrical signal and an electrical power source. Though they share thesame medium, their functions are vastly different.

Click here to download the full size of the above Circuit.

The H-bridge is a common circuit used to control the speed and direction of a DC motor with low current PWM signals. The H-bridge you will be using is the TA7291P ( datasheet ). It is a pair of half bridges that can source 1 Amp. DC motors are turned on by applying a voltage across the two terminals. The rotation speed can be controlled by increasing or decreasing the applied voltage. Changing the polarity of the applied voltage changes the motor`s direction of rotation. We can use half bridges to control both the speed and direction of rotation of a DC motor. Half bridges are essentially high power digital buffers; the output goes to 0V when the input is low, and the output goes to Vs when the input is high. To power a motor, we can use half bridges to drive one terminal high and the other low. We also can control the voltage applied to the motor by sending one half bridge a PWM signal. For example, if we hold one bridge low and drive the other bridge high 50% of the time, (for Vs=+12) the motor will behave as if we applied 6VDC. Notice that we can apply zero volts to the motor by either driving both bridges low or both high. Some h-bridges are designed so that one of these modes puts the outputs in a "coast to stop" mode (L-L for the TA7291P); the other mode causes a stronger "brake" stop. In this lab, you will be using only the digital output buffer and the voltage follower. As breadboard space is limited, these are the...

Leave Comment

characters left:

Related Circuits

Color sensor

Color sensor. Colour sensor is an interesting project for hobbyists. The cir- cuit can sense eight colours, i.e. blue, green and red (primary colours); magenta, yellow.

Dew sensor

Dew sensor. Dew (condensed moisture) ad- versely affects the normal per- formance of sensitive electronic devices. A low-cost circuit described here can be used to.

Audio Visual Ringer

Audio Visual Ringer. Many a times one needs an extra telephone ringer in an ad-joining room to know if there is an incoming call. For example, if the telephone is installed in.

Multipurpose Circuit for telephone

Multipurpose Circuit for telephone. This add-on device for telephones can be connected in parallel to the telephone instrument. The circuit provides audio-visual indication of on-hook,.

Off line Telephone tester

Off line Telephone tester. Here is a circuit of an off-line telephone tester which does not require any telephone line for testing a telephone instrument. The circuit is so simple that.

Telephone Headgear

Telephone Headgear. Acompact, inexpensive and low component count telecom head- set can be constructed using two readily available transistors and a few other electronic.

Telephone line based audio muting and light on circuit

Telephone line based audio muting and light on circuit. Very often when enjoying music or watching TV at high audio level, we may not be able to hear a telephone ring and thus miss an important...

Telephone Ringer using 556 dual timers

Telephone Ringer using 556 dual timers. Using modulated rectangular waves of different time periods, The circuit presented here produces ringing tones similar to those produced by a telephone. The.

New Circuits

Zero consumption Anti-theft High power Code Switch for E-Bike Batteries

This project fits more for custom made battery casing that can have more space to hide things inside. This switch with few alterations can be used for any other project as well but is designed based on e-bike needs! This project use a clever functionality of....
Ultrasonic distance finder circuit

The circuit described here uses ultrasonic oscillations and operates based on the propagation velocity of these oscillations in the air. Thus, we can easily determine the distance of two points if the time within which the wave travels this distance is....
Simple Metal detector circuit with CD4030

Sometimes the precious metals are hidden too deep and are not detected except with complicated devices. In many cases, however, small pieces of precious metal buried near the surface can be detected by relatively simple means. Everyone is very attractive to....
Fully automatic watering circuit for flower pots

Many times for various reasons we forget or can not water the plants that we have in our homes. And many humidity sensors units just notify us with a beeping sound or with a flashing light, that the pot needs watering. But what if we are away from home? This....
Simple deep searching metal detector circuit

The principle behind a metal detector is really very simple. Proof of this is the circuit that follows, in which it proves that the construction of a metal detector can be done in the minute, with few components that we find very easily everywhere. With the....
Sub-Harmonic Bass Converter for Electric Guitars

The sub-harmonic bass generator is a sound producing unit for guitars. The sound it produces looks very much like that of the bass guitar. The octave generator is sometimes quite unusual since it does not produce any of the usual ways of coloring the sound,....
Echo Depth Sounding Sonar for Boats

In the past the sounding (sea bottom measurement) was done with the "bullet", that is, with a heavy lead object that the seamen plucked into the sea hung from a calibrated rope. As soon as the "bullet" reached the bottom, the depth appeared directly from the....
100W HiFi Audio Amplifier Circuit

This Amplifier was designed to have the following specifications: Distortion less than 0.1% at full power of 100W even at 20KHz. Power has to be attributed to an extended bandwidth. The output transistors must be protected against short circuits. The power....
Plant-Pot Water Level Indicator Circuit

A series of LEDs serve to alert the gardener when plants need water. Using two conventional digital integrated LEDs and a series of LEDs, we make a very useful device for gardening. The device detects the amount of water in the pot and alerts the grower.....

Create NOW your QR MENU for your Restaurant / Hotel / Bar / Caffe,

Comprehensive ordering/paying features. fully personalized to suit your Business.

Update Anytime! Easy and Simple!

Popular Circuits

Ultrasonic range finder using 8051

A simple ultrasonic range finder using 8051 microcontroller is presented in this article. This...

Contactless telephone ringer circuit

The contact less telephone ringer circuit can produce a ring as well as a visual indication when...

Schematic effect

The Echorec delay is a superb piece of engineering! In their quest for perfection Binson got many...

Electrical Single Line Diagram-Part One

Each components of the circuit is shown in a simple block form with a corresponding label for...

Connection Tester

This simple circuit uses a 741 op-amp in differential mode as a continuity tester. The voltage...

rs-485 circuits

When a network needs to transfer small blocks of information over long distances, RS-485 is often...

TV STATION CONTROL

Control pulses transmitted in blanking interval by tv network transmitter are decoded by receiver...