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1- and 4-cylinder motors from trashed hard drives

Burn or Turn?

Published in issue 400, April 2010

1- and 4-cylinder motors from trashed hard drives

Has your hard drive crashed? Don’t throw it away! You can still use it in many interesting projects. As an example, the author has used the read/write arm to make an alternative motor that is controlled via the PC.

Relevant websites

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www.discovercircuits.com/H/hbridge.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_engine

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