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DC motors

Motors that are driven by direct current come in a vast assortment of physical sizes, with or without integral reduction gears, and with and without shaft position encoders. Electrically, these motors come in three basic forms:

From the perspective of controlling the motor all three of these motors are identical.


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Skip Carter 2008-08-20