Hackaday

PCB Stepper Motor Micro Robots

[Kevin Lynagh] is interested in tiny PCB stepper motors, and after reviewing the various projects and patents to-date, decided to give it a try himself. These are basically a stepper motor that’s been ...
Hackaday

Single Flex PCB Folds Into A Four-Wheel Rover, Complete With Motors

You’ve got to hand it to [Carl Bugeja] — he comes up with some of the most interesting electromechanical designs we’ve seen. His latest project is right up there, too: a single PCB that folds up into ...
Machine Design

Custom Motor Design: SaaS Platform Brings Flexibility to PCB Stator Design

Boston-based ECM PCB Stator Tech is demonstrating the company’s PrintStator Motor CAD design-to-manufacture tool at CES 2024 (taking place Jan. 9-12, 2024 in Las Vegas). The event will mark the ...
Electronic Design

Motor-Driver PCB Layout Guidelines (Part 2)

6. SOT-23 and SOIC packages are typically used in low-power motor drivers. Standard leaded packages, like SOIC and SOT-23 packages, are often used for low-power motor drivers (Fig. 6). To maximize the ...
Electronic Design

Motor-Driver PCB Layout Guidelines (Part 1)

Printed-circuit-board (PCB) substrate material, like FR-4 glass epoxy, is a poor conductor of heat. Conversely, copper is an excellent conductor of heat. So, more copper area on a PCB is ideal from a ...