Tiny nano Quad on the Oscilloscope

Just out of fun I hooked my tiny little Revell Mini Quad Copter Nano Quad up to the oscilloscope to see at what voltage these little motors are operated. The are obviously driven by a pulse modulated signal of 3.2V peak-to-peak (or whatever the battery can deliver). The pictures show throttle of 0, half and full:

first dynacho vids

Here are some random vids I made while still figuring stuff out:

(very early stage)

(still not much to see)

(Arduino won’t run)

(Arduino powered externally)

first dynacho pics

dynacho so far

arduino externally powered
arduino externally powered

I will start blogging about the current state of my dynacho project. Once it is completed I will write a full-length article about it summing it all up into one nice package.