Secureit Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 How do I make a motor to alternatively reverse its action everytime power is switched on i.e. if clockwise on first switch, anticlockwise on second switch and so on. The motor (taken out of a chordless hammer drill) runs on a 12V dc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero999 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Do you have access to a permanent 12V power supply?If not this won't be easy because it needs to remember whether the shaft was spinning clockwise or anticlockwise when the last time the power was applied i.e. it needs to be non-volatile.How much current does the motor need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secureit Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Access to 12 V - Yes I am using the same battery pack as a power source, which was part of the drill, which is rechargeable. The drill also has a manual button that reverses the motion, ie used to screw/unscrew, but this is a manual button. Can this be controlled with any sort of an electrical gadget which will basically do the work of manually pushing this button. Will a contactor relay help at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero999 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Yes it's possible, the power can be reversed using a circuit known as an h-bridge.To alternate between forward and reverse, you need a divide by 2 counter.You need to know the current consumption of your motor to select components for the h-bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARUN CHOWDARY Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 it will only happen when the polarity changed in the dc mortorby using stepper motor you can do thishave you a nice day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobleny Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you reverse the polarity at the motor, won't it spin in the opposite direction? That is, if the motor runs clockwise while positive is connected to positive and negative is connected to negative, won't it run "anticlockwise" while negative is connected to positive and positive is connected to negative?If that's the case, then a set of relays should be enough to make it run forwards and backwards. However, as mentioned before, you don't just want to slam the motor in reverse while it is going forward at full speed. You may need to add a timer to the circuit to give the drill time to slow or stop before changing it's direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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