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title: "Brushless DC Motor Introduction | AddOhms #21"
description: "This AddOhms Tutorial looks at a Brushless DC Motor and how to control it. These motors spin faster and last longer than cheaper Brushed motors."
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author: "James Lewis"
date: "2017-07-26T13:20:18Z"
lastmod: "2022-03-31T01:12:14Z"
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categories: ["addohms","motors","tutorials","videos"]
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---

# Brushless DC Motor Introduction | AddOhms #21


The first part of the tutorial looks inside of a Brushless DC Motor, or, BLDC. Then I show a discrete transistor circuit that can drive one. Of course, you'll need a Microcontroller like an Arduino to drive it! Lastly, I briefly talk about an ESC.

Overall, a BLDC is better than a Brushed DC Motor (talked about [those on #20](/videos/brushed-dc-motor-video-tutorial)) because:

1. There are no brushes to wear out
1. No sparks when the motor spins
1. You can get way faster RPMs out of a BLDC.

Check out the AddOhms [#21: Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqEHXEuq2rc). Show notes [are available here](https://discuss.addohms.com/t/21-brushless-bldc-motors/447).