Electrical Motor

This is one of the most basic subsystems out there and is a very fundamental subsystem.

There are many options and hopefully in the end this system will be as parametric and complete of a solution as is possible.

Types and process
There are five types of motors out there.

Brushed DC

Universal

Induction

Brushless DC (Permanent Magnet in the core)

Switched Reluctance (similar to above but no PM instead iron laminates in the core)

The first two motors require brushes and hence are best avoided.

The induction motor uses copper inside of the rotor and hence should be avoided.

For small scale applications the Brushless DC is the simplest and one of the best type of motors to build.

For large scale applications the large Permanent rare earth Magnet becomes both expansive and difficult to work with, this is where the Switched Reluctance motor comes in and this is the best option for larger scale motors.

We will consider the last two only below

All Motors are made up of four major parts:

The electrical conductive traces

The magnetic conductive traces

The insulation

The mechanical construction