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Open source (software and hardware) DC motor controller for electric gates

manuManu 08/18/2014 at 22:070 Comments

I just wanted a simple test sequence program on my Arduino board to make each of the 2 arms open an close. I consist in setting a relay to forward bias a motor, stop it and reverse the motion. When the motor is stopped, the coil is in short circuit to brake it electrically. With a shunt I will measure peak current when the motor starts and try different voltages for the motor to make a good speed / current peak compromise.

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