You can salvage some nice motors out of optical drives but they can be tricky to control. That’s because brushless DC motors require carefully timed signals used in a process called Electronic Speed ...

If your memory of slot cars as a childhood toy is of lightweight controllers with wire-wound rheostats inside, then you’re many years behind the state of the art when it comes to competitive slot car ...

Editor’s note: Last fall, EEWeb announced its inaugural design contest, sponsored by Arduino and Altium, to develop an imaginative and innovative design project of a motor control system with the ...