Recent content by Amann

Small DC motors are definitely cheap to acquire. However they can only be easily implemented in a way that either let's you control whether they spin or not spin. Much more complicated control circuits have to be used, such as an in-line potentiometer in a feedback loop, if you require the motor...

"actuator" is too general a term to be googling and expecting a consumer grade product as a result. "Rotary actuator" = MOTOR That Spinning Thing that transducers electrical energy into rotational mechanical motion is generally called an Electrical Motor "Stepper Motor" is the easiest to...

Also of note: if you plan on later expanding your understanding to how semiconductors work in terms of N and P doped silicon, thinking in terms of conventional current provides somewhat of an advantage in my opinion.

My path to PROPERLY understanding this stuff involved this mental picture: A 2d cross section of a crystal lattice at the atomic level. Let's say for example a crystal of copper, a popular conductive metal. Electrons are occupying the orbitals of these constituent atoms. Now suppose some...

- Read textbook on electrodynamics - Read textbook/documentation on MATLAB - Combine neodymium magnets, steel, copper, glass cloth, and resins into large pot and stir

Petroleum obviously? Avg. salary out of undergrad is ~$100k from my uni.