Motors for makers
Subtitle: a guide to steppers, servos, and other electrical machines
By: Matthew Scarpino
Publisher: Que
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Indianapolis, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780134032832
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Electric motors; Servomechanisms
Other titles: Guide to steppers, servos, and other electrical machines
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.  Introduction to electric motors ; Preliminary concepts; title: Exploring electric motors.  DC motors ; Stepper motors ; Servomotors ; AC motors ; Gears and gearmotors ; Linear motors; title: Electrical motors in practice.  Motor control with the Arduino Mega ; Motor control with the Raspberry Pi ; Controlling motors with the BeagleBone Black ; Designing an Arduino-based electronic speed control (ESC) ; Designing a quadcopter ; Electric vehicles; title: Appendix A: Electric generators; title: Appendix B: Glossary.