I am a novice in electronics and to this board, so please forgive me when I trip over myself here.
I am building a small car that I want to "bump start". Effectively, I will have a very small DC motor directly driving the real axle and would like to have the motor switch on, once it starts turning (i.e. like a bump start).
I understand that a DC motor should generate a current if it is mechanically turned. I would like that current to activate a timed circuit that then drives the motor for X seconds (or until it is reset by some other mechanism). First, is this possible? And, second, can it be done with an analog circuit?
Thanks in advance.
Jeremy
I am building a small car that I want to "bump start". Effectively, I will have a very small DC motor directly driving the real axle and would like to have the motor switch on, once it starts turning (i.e. like a bump start).
I understand that a DC motor should generate a current if it is mechanically turned. I would like that current to activate a timed circuit that then drives the motor for X seconds (or until it is reset by some other mechanism). First, is this possible? And, second, can it be done with an analog circuit?
Thanks in advance.
Jeremy