ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Armature Controlled DC Motor

Okay, imagine that you have a toy car that you can make go forward or backward by pressing a button. This toy car has something inside it called a motor, and that motor makes it move.

Now, let's talk about a special kind of motor called an armature controlled DC motor. This motor has a bunch of different parts, but the most important part is something called the armature.

The armature is a long, skinny piece of metal that spins around and around inside the motor. When it spins, it makes the motor go. In order to control how fast the armature spins, there are some wires that are connected to it. These wires can be turned on or off by something called an electronic controller.

The electronic controller is like the brain of the motor. It tells the wires when to turn on and when to turn off. The faster the wires turn on and off, the faster the armature spins. This is how we can control the speed of the motor.

So, when you press the button on your toy car to make it go forward or backward, you're actually telling the electronic controller to turn on the wires that make the armature spin in the right direction. And when you want to make the car go faster or slower, you can adjust how quickly the wires turn on and off with the controller.

And that's basically how an armature controlled DC motor works! It may seem complicated, but once you understand how the different parts work together, it becomes easier to understand how the motor makes things move.