Temic has a line of motor control chips that I think might fit your
application. I believe Atmel is distributing them now. U2008B & U2010B come
to mind. I'm not sure if you need to match these with universal motors
though....butthey are simple to use.

Chris

> -
> I am trying to find a circuit to control a mains (240v) AC
> fan motor. I need
> to control the fan speed from 0 to 100% so I dont think I can
> get away with
> a dimmer type triac controller. Does any one have any links
> or sugestions?
> Preferably the controller can be controlled by a PIC chip but
> an analog
> circuit would do for a start. The motor will only be around 50watts.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Lee McLaren
>
>
>

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