Hello and thanks in advance for any advice.
I'm sure you are aware that connecting the leads of one stepper motor to another, and manually turning the rotor on one, turns the rotor on the other. To me this is pure magic and I'm wanting to make a little battery free project for my son using four stepper motors and a rotary switch.
Stepper motors have four leads.
The first stepper motor I'll call the controller motor and will be connected to the switch poles, the three others are selected via the rotary switch individually. From my basic understanding, I need a switch that has four poles, and four positions per pole. I don't believe multiple decks will help. With the single deck, each click of the switch allows me to control a different stepper motor from the controller motor.
From my research, it appears that the (in stock) Grayhill 57HS22-01-4-04N or 57M22-01-4-04N meet these requirements as they have 4 poles and 4 positions per pole. Problem is, these are $100-150. A bit pricey for my project.
Any other suggestions? Am I missing any other alternatives?
Thanks again for any advice
I'm sure you are aware that connecting the leads of one stepper motor to another, and manually turning the rotor on one, turns the rotor on the other. To me this is pure magic and I'm wanting to make a little battery free project for my son using four stepper motors and a rotary switch.
Stepper motors have four leads.
The first stepper motor I'll call the controller motor and will be connected to the switch poles, the three others are selected via the rotary switch individually. From my basic understanding, I need a switch that has four poles, and four positions per pole. I don't believe multiple decks will help. With the single deck, each click of the switch allows me to control a different stepper motor from the controller motor.
From my research, it appears that the (in stock) Grayhill 57HS22-01-4-04N or 57M22-01-4-04N meet these requirements as they have 4 poles and 4 positions per pole. Problem is, these are $100-150. A bit pricey for my project.
Any other suggestions? Am I missing any other alternatives?
Thanks again for any advice