CIRCUIT IDEAS DC MOTOR CONTROL USING A SINGLE SWITCH ee v. DAVID When you momentarily press switch | If you press SI again, the high output SI, timer 555 (ICI) provides a pulse to | of 1C2 shifts from Q3 to 4. Since QM is Tass lets you run a DC | decade counter CD4017 (12), whieh ad- | connected to reset pin 15, it resets decade motor in clockwise of anti-clockwise | vances its output by ane and its high state | counter CD4017 and its QO output goes direction and stop it using a single | sults from QO to QL. When QL goes high, | high, so the motor does not rotate. LEDI sivitch, It provides a constant voltage for | the output of 1C3 at pin 3 goes low, so the | glows via diode DI to indicate that the proper operation of the motor. The glow- | motor starts runninginclockwise (forward) | motor isin stop condition, Thereafter, the ing of LEDL through LED3 indicates that | ditection, LED2 glows to indicate that the | cycle repeats. the motor i in sop, forward rotation and | motor is running in forward direction Ui you don’t want to operate the motor os ye —t]’ 103 Ics 7 sfoe de soz 1 gm "Ls _] ocaror L_+_|” af. 407 fo iv = oF Us ww 2 [res] reverse conditions, respectively Now if you press SI again, the high | in reverse direction, remove timer 1C4 Here, timer ICI is wired as a | output of [C2 shits from Q1 t0 Q2. The | along with resistors RS and R7 and LEDS. monestable multivibrator to avoid false | low QI output of IC2 makes pin 3 of 1C3 | And connect ‘b’ terminal of the motor to triggering of the motor while pressing | high and the motor doesn't rotate. LEDL | + Vee switch SI. Is time period is approximately | glows (via diode D2} to indicate that the | Similarly, if you don’t want to run the 500 milliseconds (ms), motor isin stop condition notor in forward direction, remove timer Suppose, initially, the circuit is in| Pressing switch SL once again shifts | 1C3 along with resistors R4 and R6 and reset condition with Q0 output of 1C2 | the high ovtput of IC2 from Q2 to Q3. | LED. And connect a’ terminal ofthe mo- being high. Since Q1 and Q3 outputs af | The high Q3 output of C2 makes pin 3 of | tor to + Vee, IC2 are lows, the outputs of 1C3 and 104 | IC4 low and the motor starts running in | The circuit works off a 9V regulated are high and the motor doesn't rotate. | anti-clockwise (reverse) direction. LEDS | power supply for a 9V DC motor. Use a LEDI glows to indicate that the motor is | glows to indicate that the motor is run- | 6V regulated power supply for a 6V DC in stop condition. ning in reverse direction. voto