I've got a 120mm 120VAC fan I've been using as a desk fan, plugged directly into mains with a lamp cord. (Note for non-US readers: mains here is 120VAC, 60Hz, so I am using it at its rated specs.) I ...
The folks over at the [Barkhausen Institut] are doing research into controlling autonomous fleets of RC cars and had been using off the shelf electronic speed controllers (ESCs) to control the car ...