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 ...

Brushless DC (BLDC ... the field-oriented control algorithm and encapsulated it into a compact Arduino library, added a host of examples, and minted a stackable BLDC motor control shield to ...

End update Safety note for folks not used to working with the mains: All electronic parts of this DC-51 motor controller circuit are connected to live mains and could kill you. This blog and its ...