Control DC motor

testikle

Hi Guys,

doing a project and am trying to figure out the most basic way to operate it.

Basically dc motor is used to turn a cog,it gets feedback from a position sensor,if the position sensor moves the dc motor activates and turns the cog in that direction(one way is fine)

whats the easiest way to control this,software programme,PLC,DAC,

Is there such a thing as an off the shelf PID controller for this application?

Appreciate any help or info

Thanks

DublinDilbert

You can get off the shelf motors and controllers which will do what you need to do, but they typically won't use a dc pm motor.

You can spend any amount of money on this kit, from a few hundred to thousands, depending on power output accuracy etc....

Are you interested in doing this for learning reasons? Or do you just need it to work?

What budget you got?

What accuracy you need in terms of degrees??

testikle

cheers for the reply

Its for a project so cheap and cheerful ,just need to demonstrate the ability to turn the cog as the sensor moves to simulate machinery moving and PID control or at least feedback to the motor to turn.

accuracy not a major factor as its only for simulation purposes.

was looking at ARDUINO but dont know much about it