This is my homemade brushless motor. Or you could call it a fan! It's made from old junk and surplus components mostly. Better description is in the video!
Since this video, the motor has been uppgraded with a total of 2 more coils connected in parallell to the original ones, and spaced about 90 degrees apart. That gave me a bit more speed out of it.
@huskyd2000 Thanks! Yes I came up with the idea to use LEDs and photoresistors myself. At first I was trying to to use an IR LED, pulsing at about 40KHz, and reflect that on the blade, wich would trigger a IR reciever. But I never got it to work. Thus, I used this idea. I don't know how fast these kinds of resistors are, but I sort of doubt they could handle very high RPMs. If anyone has done it this way before, well to be honest I don't know.
Genius! I would never have thought to use LED's and photoresistors to create a working brushless motor system! I dabble around in DIY audio electronics (mostly guitar effect/distortion stompboxes) but what you've shown here uses most of the same fundamentals that I learned through my hobby. Surprisingly simpler than I expected. Thank you for sharing this. Did you come up with the idea of the "photocommutator" on your own, or is this actually used in certain applications?
Since this video, the motor has been uppgraded with a total of 2 more coils connected in parallell to the original ones, and spaced about 90 degrees apart. That gave me a bit more speed out of it.
bonecrime 1 year ago
@huskyd2000 Thanks! Yes I came up with the idea to use LEDs and photoresistors myself. At first I was trying to to use an IR LED, pulsing at about 40KHz, and reflect that on the blade, wich would trigger a IR reciever. But I never got it to work. Thus, I used this idea. I don't know how fast these kinds of resistors are, but I sort of doubt they could handle very high RPMs. If anyone has done it this way before, well to be honest I don't know.
bonecrime 1 year ago
Genius! I would never have thought to use LED's and photoresistors to create a working brushless motor system! I dabble around in DIY audio electronics (mostly guitar effect/distortion stompboxes) but what you've shown here uses most of the same fundamentals that I learned through my hobby. Surprisingly simpler than I expected. Thank you for sharing this. Did you come up with the idea of the "photocommutator" on your own, or is this actually used in certain applications?
huskyd2000 1 year ago