Taking a very detailed look at wiper motors, and how to use them in your own projects. I have been using them for my Acrobots, and Werner van der Zwan has been using them for this kinematic sculptures.

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Werner and I met at V2_ Lab for Unstable Media in Rotterdam, which supports Werner's Unconventional Self and my Acrobot, two projects which use wiper motors!

Video created by Daniel Simu, https://danielsimu.com

Code and schematic at 20:50 : https://gist.github.com/hapiel/1fdf01...

0:00 introduction
1:09 What is a wiper motor
2:59 Introducing Werner
3:51 Power supply
4:25 Branch sculpture
5:01 Current draw
5:22 Batteries
6:03 Trash can sculpture
6:45 Polarity
7:21 Connecting wires
7:55 Measuring rotation
9:04 Various speeds
10:05 Disconnecting ground (important!)
11:46 Motor specifications
13:24 Output shaft
13:38 Conic bore
13:49 Coupling nut
14:21 Mounting holes
14:36 Rear wiper motor
15:55 Crawling chair sculpture
16:26 Control methods
16:44 Relais
18:08 Relais timer
20:16 Speed control
21:25 Position control (servo motor)
23:41 Acrobot demonstration
23:55 Breaking the motors
25:10 Thank you


Werner on YouTube:    / @ververwant  

Hackaday wiper encoder project: https://hackaday.io/project/187675st...

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