Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] What is the simplest way to control a motor's speed

You could try a rheostat control, such as is, (or at least used to be), used to
control the speed of model trains, etc.

Bill

On Wed Aug 28 21:12:43 2002, wdnick, <wdnick@...> wrote:

>I have a couple of boxes of stepper motors mostly salvaged from old
>printers and copiers. I also have a few small 5-24V DC motors laying
>around. Eventually, I'm going to build myself a small CNC machine,
>but until I have time and resources my current project seems fairly
>simple. I need to control a motors speed over a range of 0 to near
>100% with a potentiometer. I don't care anything about reversing it,
>what it's position is, or if it is a stepper or dc or RC servo. I
>would prefer the cheapest and simplest way out. I have found tons of
>stuff on the net, but everything seems to be oriented around a
>microcontroller or PC control and all I want is a simple speed
>control. Can someone give me a suggestion on where to look for a
>prebuilt solution or a decent kit?
>
>Thanks,
>Doug Nicholson


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