Thread: Cheapest and easiest way to slow down a motor
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Unread 20-12-2005, 01:49
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Re: Cheapest and easiest way to slow down a motor
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Originally Posted by sciguy125
I might get my head bitten off for suggesting this dreaded device again, but maybe you can use a 555. I'm pretty sure it will run on 12V. To make a 50% duty cycle oscillator, it would only take the 555, two resistors, and two capacitors. Then, you could just feed that into a MOSFET. The motor only has to go one direction right? If so, you'd just the single transistor, not an entire h-bridge. You won't have to deal with trying to dissipate as much heat as the resistor will be putting out.
You mean like this http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bi...cgi?item=MSC-6 Seems like a neat little thing that would actually be kind of fun to try out.

Not exactly cheap or easy, but it is kind of neat.
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