Hi,
Have had this idea of using an old printer as programmable minitool sharpening machine. So I have torn down the printer to bits to find 2 simple dc operated motors driving the cogs under the bonet. I will be using a pc controlled board(motorbee) to supply sequences to the motors. Problem is when I disconnect the original printers mainboard and hook the motors directly to the power supply it seems there is not enough current for the motors to operate(they work but very vaguely). My question is how do I get enough juice from the three terminal(1 negative, 2 positive terminals) DC power supply to make it work like with the mainboard attached.
Any help greatly appreciated ;]]]
Have had this idea of using an old printer as programmable minitool sharpening machine. So I have torn down the printer to bits to find 2 simple dc operated motors driving the cogs under the bonet. I will be using a pc controlled board(motorbee) to supply sequences to the motors. Problem is when I disconnect the original printers mainboard and hook the motors directly to the power supply it seems there is not enough current for the motors to operate(they work but very vaguely). My question is how do I get enough juice from the three terminal(1 negative, 2 positive terminals) DC power supply to make it work like with the mainboard attached.
Any help greatly appreciated ;]]]