So you’ve just taken apart a hard drive, and you’re looking at all the pieces on your desktop. You’re somehow compelled to use them all in different projects. Why not pull out that very high ...

He ended up exploring hard drive motors as encoders ... A little oscilloscope work showed the expected three-phase output when the motor hub was turned, with the leading and lagging phases ...

Flooding in Thailand has caused a worldwide shortage in hard drives as manufacturers of platter based hard drives and hard drives components have gone underwater. Hard drive motor supplier Nidec (whom ...