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Re: Cheapest and easiest way to slow down a motor
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Originally Posted by Stu Bloom
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That sounds analogous to the Pulse Width Modulation we currently use (our speed controllers/victors) to control some of the motors on the robot, except that in your description you are "super-imposing" a duty cycle on an AC sine wave.
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Am I even close??
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Gosh Stu, for a Mechanical guy, you're sharp!  . Just kidding!!
As a matter of fact, I almost used the Victor's operation to try to help describe it. There are some subtle differences, but that is what both of these circuits do, modify the duty cycle of the power supplied to the motor.
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