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Build a simple Arduino-based DCC system

This article will help you build a simple Arduino-based DCC system. Growing up in the 1980s I was living the dream. I had an ...
Electronics Weekly

Back in Wonderland: inside another SCR dc motor controller

Permanent magnet dc motors need a chunky inductor in series with them if they are fed from an SCR (thyristor) based mains power controller. It is (probably!) possible to safely interface an Arduino to ...
Geeky Gadgets

Arduino Shield used for awesome CNC plotter

An interesting Arduino project has been published to the Instructables website showing how an Arduino CNC shield and controller has been used to create an awesome 3 axis Arduino CNC plotter. The ...
Electronics Weekly

Updated: ‘Safe’ all-npn reversing motor drive for Arduino

A teacher I know is stuck, with only npn transistors in the supply cupboard and the need to create a reversible motor drive for an Arduino project. Reversing ‘bridges’ have four switches (relay ...