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Offline Stan21Topic starter

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Is this PWM controller?
« on: May 01, 2022, 03:11:32 am »
I have a pcb that controls a small electric motor speed with a pot.
I tried to "reverse-engineer" connections diagram and this is what I got:

Is this a PWM controller?
 

Offline ledtester

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Re: Is this PWM controller?
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2022, 04:02:23 am »
No, the motor is continuously running and the pot has a direct control of its current.

You can play with a Falstad simulation here:

https://tinyurl.com/y55lpan5

 

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Re: Is this PWM controller?
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2022, 07:49:28 am »
It's a magic  smoke generator because the battery's polarity is incorrect.

Even if the battery is connected correctly, it won't work very well because the motor current is dependant on the hFE of the transistors.

Use a 555 timer. This circuit shows an incandescent lamp, which should be replaced with your motor and diode in reverse parallel.
 

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Re: Is this PWM controller?
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2022, 05:04:28 pm »
No, the motor is continuously running and the pot has a direct control of its current.
No current sense in circuit, regulates motor voltage across motor proportional to pot position
 


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