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 ...

[Daniel Simu] and his friend [Werner] show us the ins and outs of using ... DC motor. They also discuss some of their favorite ways to control the motors ranging from a light switch to an Arduino.

The article will demonstrate how these control schemes can be implemented on ARM7 processor-based products with the appropriate peripherals needed for state-of-the-art PWM ... the DC motor.