Electric motors can seem very mysterious! How do they use electricity to start rotating? Let's break it down step by step to ...

Continuing on with our series of Hackaday original videos, this week we are presenting a video all about DC motors. DC motors are relatively simple electromechanical devices that turn electrical ...

The electricity stored in a Tesla battery is DC power, but the vehicle's motor requires AC power. Tesla solves this issue with an inverter that converts DC to AC, providing the power for the ...

Brushless DC motors are common place in RC Vehicles. They are small, light, fast and can be inexpensive. [Raynerd] wanted a new spindle for his CNC machine and thought that a brushless DC motor ...