Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Selecting & Using Motors, Servos, and Actuators 🚀

🔗 The full guide: https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/digital-electronics/servos-steppers-or-solenoids-choosing-an-actuator-to-move-your-project/

There is an incredible range of actuators to choose from when you want to get your project moving. For beginners, it can be a bit daunting to know which one to use for your project so in this video we go over servos, DC motors, stepper motors, linear actuators, and solenoids, to help you decide which one is the best fit for your next project.

🔧🔨🧰 Hardware featured in this guide:

Servos:
https://core-electronics.com.au/components/motors/servos.html#category_511
DC Motors:
https://core-electronics.com.au/components/motors.html#category_112
Stepper Motors:
https://core-electronics.com.au/components/motors.html#category_327
Linear Actuators:
https://core-electronics.com.au/components/linear-actuators.html#category_476
Solenoids:
https://core-electronics.com.au/components/solenoids.html#category_961

💡❓ If you have any questions about this content or want to share a project you're working on head over to our maker forum: http://coreelec.io/forum

0:00 Intro
0:54 What is an Actuator?
1:29 Linear Actuators
5:56 Servos
11:14 DC motors
13:04 Stepper Motors
15:44 Solenoids
17:32 Conclusion

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