Mini DC Vibrating Motor 1.5V to 6V

This tiny DC motor has an unbalanced element on its axis of rotation, transforming it into a vibrator.

It has a wide variety of artistic uses:

• To vibrate objects, surfaces, cardboard, boxes, suspensions, etc.
• To create sound by combining the vibrator with a resonant object or a membrane.

It is an actuator controllable via code/patch/program/sketch:

• either as a simple on/off control when connected to a relay board;
• or as a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control when connected to a transistor-type board (details below).

Like any DC motor, it can be used in a computer-controlled device, or in a more dedicated automated system, such as the output of a timed relay/trigger board, a lighting board, or a ZIP board with an integrated Max patch, for complex behaviors. The vibrator can also be controlled by a Memoriz HD card to repeat a sequence or to repeat/transcode a sensor signal onto a vibration.

Since the vibrator is very low power, it is possible to connect several per card output for synchronized operation.

Compatible control cards

These motors are very low-power and therefore compatible with all our boards for both low and high power applications:

- Daughterboards controlled via MIDI or DMX controllers:

• 8 transistors BP Board
• Mini Transistors Board - 8 output strips - PWM LED dimming
• 8 LEDs Board

- Actuator boards directly via MIDI or DMX:

• PWM outputs of 4 Servos / 4 Transistors H.D.
• Dodeca board, Midi, 12 outputs for small actuators (coming soon)
• 16-output card, DMX (coming soon)

- Standalone boards

• Mémoriz HD (memorized sequence, or sensor repetition)
• Lumière (Fade In, Fade Out on sensor detection)
• ZIP 2 (PWM outputs on daughterboard, or MIDI control)

Technical specifications

Dimensions

Length: 15.7 mm

Motor diameter: 4.2 mm

Unbalanced weight diameter on the rotating shaft: 3.8 mm

Length of the 2 pre-soldered wires: 18 mm

Note: There is a very small connector at the end of the 2 wires, which can be used as a base for soldering longer wires, or which can be cut off.

Weight: 2 g

Electricity consumption

For a supply voltage of 1.5 Volts -> Current consumption = 6 milliamps

For a supply voltage of 3 Volts -> Current consumption = 12 milliamps

For a supply voltage of 4.5 Volts -> Current consumption = 24 milliamps

For a supply voltage of 6 Volts -> Current consumption = 32 milliamps