This probably seems to simple to the rest of you, but...
I have removed the spindle motor from a couple of hard drives. I think these are three phase motors. I want to run them off of a simple battery. I think what I need is a circuit that inverts DC to 3 phase to run this, with some kind of speed controlling variable resistor.
I did a few searches on the Internaughty and in this forum, but everyone seems to be in love with stepper motors, which I always thought was the motor that controlled the heads.
So, anyway, I have two types of motors. One with three leads and one with four. By playing around with wires and a battery. I can get the motor to jump back and forth by jumping any two of the connectors, one after another. This is why I think it's a 3 phase.
I am working with the Elentco 500-in-1 electronics kit for components and breadboard. Can someone help me with a simple circuit diagram or other information to get me going?
Appreciate it.
I have removed the spindle motor from a couple of hard drives. I think these are three phase motors. I want to run them off of a simple battery. I think what I need is a circuit that inverts DC to 3 phase to run this, with some kind of speed controlling variable resistor.
I did a few searches on the Internaughty and in this forum, but everyone seems to be in love with stepper motors, which I always thought was the motor that controlled the heads.
So, anyway, I have two types of motors. One with three leads and one with four. By playing around with wires and a battery. I can get the motor to jump back and forth by jumping any two of the connectors, one after another. This is why I think it's a 3 phase.
I am working with the Elentco 500-in-1 electronics kit for components and breadboard. Can someone help me with a simple circuit diagram or other information to get me going?
Appreciate it.