[Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Drive Motor Testing

[Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Drive Motor Testing/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---drive-motor-testingMotor investigationBefore committing too much time to the car, I wanted to check over the motors. The key things to look at were ensuring they rotate freely and to determine the correct motor voltage. Because the motors are sealed it's not possible ten-USTelligent Community 12RE: [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - Drive Motor Testinghttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/upcycleit/b/blog/posts/upcycle-it-interactive-race-car-driver---drive-motor-testingMon, 17 Apr 2017 19:14:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e6daf586-e19f-4767-9d7d-d659cc3ce9abDAB1<p>Nice post.</p><p> </p><p>I wonder if you are getting some back EMF from the motor coils.</p><p> </p><p>Have you thought of adding some bypass diodes to capture the spikes?</p><p> </p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2826&AppID=147&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">