how to use stepper motor?

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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Hello,
i buy this stepper motor which has 6 terminal ...here is pic of it how to use it??
All step motors require drivers to function. You could either buy a driver (easy), or design a circuit to drive the motor (harder, but fun).
Google "step motor driver"
 

drc_567

Joined Dec 29, 2008
1,156
Here is a micro controller to provide a pulse train to the stepper motor controller. The programming is not too complicated ... a form of Basic ... just a few command words.

https://www.parallax.com/product/bs2-ic

You still require a driver chip that goes between the clock source and the uni-polar motor, and maybe some diodes, depending on the particular part.

n.b. ... A few years ago, I used one of these micro-controllers and a stepper motor to build a leaf blower powered animal feeder for a local zoo. Upon activation, a 4" gate valve opened, allowing a gravity fed column of cereal to enter a high velocity air stream from the leaf blower, thus spraying cereal, as a food treat, to a colony of mandrills* .... The mandrills loved it, however there were problems with sanitizing the device, so that it could be used periodically.
*https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill
 
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