The analogy is apt and helps to understand how a linear motor works, but it begs the question: what if we could unroll the stator in two dimensions instead of just one? That’s the idea behind ...
To drive the coils, he used a pair of TB6612FNG stepper motor drivers, controlled by a Wemos D1 Mini. The housing was 3D printed mostly from PLA, but with a few bits done in PETG. This was for ...