Hysteresis Brake

In a message dated 2/14/2007 3:35:17 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com writes:

I did a little experiment with a hard drive brushless motor last night
and was pleasantly suprized to find that when the windings were
shorted it created a light braking torque that was smooth. I had
expected cogging,

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You might try low value resistors instead of a short, to get some control
over the tension it gives you. Of course different size pulleys would do the
same, but harder to implement.
Just a thought
bill


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