Design and Implementation of Driver for 8 DC Motors
Note: The driver for the DC motor project was done during the years 2011 - 2013 when Madi was a Master's student. Problem Definition The aim of this project is to design and implement a driver for 8 DC motors to be used in a surgical robot. L298 Driver This IC is the most common and powerful IC to drive DC motors, Relays, and Solenoids. Each IC can drive up to 2 motors. Therefore, in order to drive 8 motors, 4 of these ICs are needed. The pins of the IC are as follows: As can be seen above, the…