Generally, motor controller design is based on its motor dynamics. Therefore, it requires precise information of its motor dynamics. However, most of the low cost DC motors, which are widely used in industries and academia, are provided without such precise information. Even if it is given, the information is mostly imprecise. Following circumstances require one to calculate the motor dynamics information for oneself. This paper presents a simple method to readily apprehend the DC motor dynamics. First, how to establish the model of DC motor dynamics along with the model parameter identification is presented. Then, the parameter values are finetuned until the simulation response based on the dynamics model is close to the experimental response of the motor. Finally, the controller is designed with the established dynamics model. The validity of the designed controller is confirmed by the comparison of the experiment and simulation.
