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Choosing the correct brake resistor for DC motor

I have a DC motor running on 24VDC rated 150W (~6,25A), how do I calculate the correct brake resistance?
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Which electro motor to use for steering a kite? (guestimation marathon)

I'm doing a pet project in which I want to fly a kite from my computer. For this to happen my plan is to build a little box hanging under the kite which includes a raspberry pi (connected to my laptop ...
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Calculate power supply on distance

I need to provide 12V DC to a DC brushless motors that need 12V 30A at distance of 30m from the source. The cables I can us are 20 Gauge, I know that the cables are loosing power, how can I ...
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Calculate current load for 8 motors

I have 8 DC brushless motors that are connected parallel to a DC source. According to the motor manufacture each motor powered with a 12V DC and need 11A. How can I calculate the the current load of ...
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DC Motor control

I am using a DC 24v scrapped photocopier motor for a table fan. To save energy, it's ON for 2 seconds and OFF for 3 seconds using MCU. The fan keeps rotating during the power off state. Is this a ...
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Do I need to double the voltage with double the motors?

I am totally new to electronics. Let's say I am building a DC circuit with a motor using 6V taking 1.28A. Now, if I build a circuit that uses two of these motors, will I power the circuit with 6V and ...
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Voltage, Ampere and and Ohm of a DC motor

This might be a quite simple question. I have a small DC motor (it seems to be this one). This webpage suggests that it needs 6V. I have a power supply which outputs 6V and writes "0.6A". But when I ...
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dc motor and hung (not stable) pic

I'm running a dc motor using PIC16 family microprocessor. I connect it to my pc, I can send a command to run the motor in certain speed or stop. It works for small motor (3V, 100 mA). But the moment ...
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Methods of filtering noise caused by DC brush motors

I am looking for any information that would help me reduce the power rail noise and EMI of DC brush motors. I am building a robot that is powered by 2 x 250 W 24V DC motors. Thank you in advance