You said you looked at the choosing a motor paper in the white paper section, so I am not sure I am being any help by posting this link, but here it is:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pa...le&paperid=197
The paper cover the basics about a DC motor, from the stand point of a beginner assuming the reader doesn't know anything about the motors. It start with talking about what's a motor, then move onto the specs and reading the spec curves. If the reader is interested, they can keep going and read about motor power, gear ratio, and eventually applying everything together in one big problem.
I have a feeling the first few pages are what you are looking for. In general, you want to tie everything together so the students have an overall understand of what a motor does, and how to use them properly.
It's like FIRST saying "Well it was too hard, so we give up. Lets give the kids something easier to do." How is that supposed to inspire kids? - Mike [more] 
03-11-2003, 05:27
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