Hello!
I have just found this place and it looks like a good place to further my Knowledge and maybe pass something on to you. I am not sure what I will be able to contribute yet but you never know My real name is Ralph and I live in London, England with my wife Sue. I have been interested in electronics since I was a teenager. I usually try to build stuff that is used in my other interests. Over the years this has included automotive electrics, audio and various model-making projects. Currently I am experimenting with microprocessors to control low voltage lighting and motors for use in model railways and Meccano (Erector) models. You can see my workshop and catch up with what I have been up to lately HERE. After years of just building published projects I am now studying the basics and intend to master designing and building my own projects.
Although I have been dabbling for years, my technical knowledge is fairly small. I am hoping that I can learn a lot from reading this forum and joining in where I can. I have just bought an Arduino Uno and managed to get it to flash a LED. Now, this may not be an earth-shattering achievement but I did manage to write my own little programme and for me this is the first step on the ladder.
Now for my first question...
I now have some stepper motors on my workbench and am puzzled as to how to work out what wire is what as they are all blue! I think the centre one is V+ and the outside pairs are the phase pairs but I don't know how to confirm which is which. Any help would be appreciated.
Ralph
I have just found this place and it looks like a good place to further my Knowledge and maybe pass something on to you. I am not sure what I will be able to contribute yet but you never know My real name is Ralph and I live in London, England with my wife Sue. I have been interested in electronics since I was a teenager. I usually try to build stuff that is used in my other interests. Over the years this has included automotive electrics, audio and various model-making projects. Currently I am experimenting with microprocessors to control low voltage lighting and motors for use in model railways and Meccano (Erector) models. You can see my workshop and catch up with what I have been up to lately HERE. After years of just building published projects I am now studying the basics and intend to master designing and building my own projects.
Although I have been dabbling for years, my technical knowledge is fairly small. I am hoping that I can learn a lot from reading this forum and joining in where I can. I have just bought an Arduino Uno and managed to get it to flash a LED. Now, this may not be an earth-shattering achievement but I did manage to write my own little programme and for me this is the first step on the ladder.
Now for my first question...
I now have some stepper motors on my workbench and am puzzled as to how to work out what wire is what as they are all blue! I think the centre one is V+ and the outside pairs are the phase pairs but I don't know how to confirm which is which. Any help would be appreciated.
Ralph