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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor. Otmar was one of our first speakers,” said Pohorsky. “He

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

Months later, in 2002, Bob and I finally had a set of electronics put together, with the right motors figured out, and we were ready to take a crack at making it balance and drive around. I learned the hard way making a balancing robot that works well requires the following items: High-torque geared motors with encoder feedback.