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1541 CIRCUIT THEORY
Spindle Motor Control Circuits
_MTR output from the PLA is active "low". This signal is passed, through the current driver UD2, to the motor
control PCB. When _MTR is "low," Q1 is biased off, and Q2, Q3, and Q4 are biased on, allowing current flow
through the spindle motor coil. Attached to the shaft of the spindle motor is an inductive tachometer that
generates low level AC voltages, as the motor spins. The output of the tachometer is rectified by CR1-CR4. IC 1
monitors the output of the rectifier and adjusts the bias to Q2, which changes the bias on Q3 and Q4 to regulate
motor current for a constant velocity. VR1 is a manual speed adjustment. The speed can be adjusted by watching
the 60Hz strobe as the adjustment is made or loading the system test from the diagnostic disc.
The Newtronics Motor Speed PCB is electronically the same as the ALPS Motor Speed PCB,
but some of the discrete components have been integrated.
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