Hello first time poster,
I am a student building a robotic arm but I am having difficulties with these motors my partner bought.
http://www.kelinginc.net/KL23H256-21-8B.pdf
I told him to get something that can handle around 2-3 lbs load, and he went off to buy two of these on impulse. They are quite heavy (1.5 lbs each) and required a redesign of the original arm.
I'm new to stepper motors and I have no idea how to meet the current requirements to even operate the motor. I was thinking of using a power transistor and have my PIC16F887 to control it, but then again there lies a problem with how to find a battery to output that many amps? Is there a better motor for this application out there?
I just want to make sure I'm heading in the right direction before we waste more money on things we would need more money to use! Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated.
I am a student building a robotic arm but I am having difficulties with these motors my partner bought.
http://www.kelinginc.net/KL23H256-21-8B.pdf
I told him to get something that can handle around 2-3 lbs load, and he went off to buy two of these on impulse. They are quite heavy (1.5 lbs each) and required a redesign of the original arm.
I'm new to stepper motors and I have no idea how to meet the current requirements to even operate the motor. I was thinking of using a power transistor and have my PIC16F887 to control it, but then again there lies a problem with how to find a battery to output that many amps? Is there a better motor for this application out there?
I just want to make sure I'm heading in the right direction before we waste more money on things we would need more money to use! Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated.