That’s because brushless DC motors require carefully timed signals used in a process called Electronic Speed Control (ESC). [Fileark] built and ESC using an Arduino and has a couple of posts ...

The Cassettone works by substituting the trim pot that controls the speed of the tape player’s motor ... you rather control your tape synth with a MIDI keyboard? Just add Arduino.

Teensy 4.0 and 4.1 Cortex-M7 development boards are to be manufactured by SparkFun Electronics. The boards are attractive because they offer a combining a powerful (600MHz dual-issue superscaler) ...