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How to set and measure motor speed

Watch how to set and measure motor speed in this video with Professor Richard Mitchell.

To be able to set the desired speed of a robot, we need to first measure the speed of it.

In the video above, Richard explains how we set and measure the speed of the robot with a demonstration of PWM (Pulse Width Modulation).

If you would like to investigate PWM for Setting Speed further, you can take a closer look at Pulse Width Modulation web page.

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