This Component solves “All“ Motor Problems?! EB#58

Check out SOLO Motor Controllers here: (affiliate link) @SOLOMotorControllers Try the world’s most trusted PCB design software, Altium Designer with 365, for free and 25% off your purchase: ! Check out Altium 365: Check out OctoPart: You can get the shown components here: (affiliate links) Magnetic Encoder: AMT102 Encoder: Round LCD: Gimbal Motor: Previous video: Stepper Motor video: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: TikTok: @greatscottlab Discord: Support me for more videos: In this electronics basics episode we will have a closer look at motor encoders. Those can not only turn any motor into an awesome and satisfying input device for your projects; but can also turn any kind of motor into a kind of stepper motor. There are many different types of such encoders. So let me show you how they work, what they do and how you can use them. Let’s get started ;-) Websites that were shown during the video: Thanks to Solo Motor Controller for sponsoring this video 0:00 Motor Encoders? 1:23 Intro 2:16 Rotary Encoder Basics 4:40 Disadvantages of Rotary Encoder 5:38 Using a Magnetic Encoder 7:32 Why Precise Positioning of Motors? 8:45 Turning BLDC Motor into Stepper Motor 10:59 Verdict