Motörheadz Brushy Style

Motörheadz-Art

Flyer Past Workshop

Circuit Schematic

  VCC            \\
   |              ˘˘     
   +——[R15kΩ]—+—[_LDR_]——GND
   |   _______|
   |  /              
   | | | |
  +———————+
  |8 7 6 5|
   )ATtiny|
  |1 2 3 4|       
  +˚——————+           VCC 
   | | | |——GND        |
     | |           [N]/
     | +——[R100Ω]——[P]
     /             [N]> 
    /                  |
     T            +————+         
     |            |   _|_     
    GND          +_+ /   \                                     
                 |∆|(  M============◊
                 +–+ \___/
                  |    |
                  +————+
                       |
                      GND

History

At the G-Code&G-CodeNotYet-Werkschau 2026 curated by Salome Kuratli in the area of Binz in Zürich, Switzerland brushy “Motörheadz”-kits have been soldered.
The idea to mount metal-sheet-springs to motors in this way somehow came from Ralf Schreiber. In the Swiss mechatronic art society it became popular and Urban Bieri interpreted it newly with an interactive LDR-sensorelement for workshops with Actioncy GmbH.
Initially it’s only purpose was for rhythm to use in a course of the Tinguely-museum back in 2016. For the GCGCNY-Werkschau it was adjusted with more power to make it possible to draw with a pencil.

Information about the past event: Kunstbulletin

Links

• Motörheadz-entry in the wiki of the Swiss Society of Mechatronic Art SSMA
• PCB-design from MrFX
• Code for Motörheadz-workshop from Urbs on GitHub
• Infos Pulse&Pattern from Ralf Schreiber
• Another similar idea from Marc Dusseiller for 2 motors

Prototype