2 pin stepper project
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Bruce
No real defined project, fiddling around with the motors and stuff mostly a
hobby/diversion thing.
The technology is interesting, finally economical and readily available and
you can find out a lot on the net.
And the Basic Stamps stuff is just friggin' fantastic.
Mark
Original Message
From: Bruce Bates <bvbates@u...>
To: basicstamps@egroups.com <basicstamps@egroups.com>
Date: Friday, April 14, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] [noparse][[/noparse]long] 2 pin BSC2 to stepper
>At 02:45 PM 4/14/00 -0700, techno_masai promulgated:
>>Hi Bruce:
>>
>>Thanks for the detailed post, all very interesting and great stuff.
>>
>>I guess what threw me off on the UDN2544 was that on the Allegro spec
sheet
>>front page under Features it says "Inputs configured for Unipolar Stepper
>>Motors", so I guess you can drive a bipolar stepper with unipolar inputs?
>
>If the truth would be know bi-polar/uni-polar are almost connectivity
>methods, but
>it kinda fails the true test. The direct answer to your question is yes.
>
>>
>>Will check out the links you posted, especially on the EDE-1200 Uni-Polar
>>Stepper ASIC
>
>You will appreciate the docs (free) and the assistance, I can assure you.
>
>>
>>I look forward to checking out their EDE-1200 App Note regarding (Airpax)
>>Linear Actuators big time.
>
>I surely am in no position except to HINT at something like that <smile>.
>
>>
>>Have you worked at all with digital encoders from US Digital, that will be
>>probably the next thing I'll be tackling once I get the Airpax up and
>>running.
>
>Some, but not extensively. I had an application I was going to get involved
in
>about 6 months ago, but it never got off the ground. I have the docs
>though, and various "typical" examples of various encoders. I never
>filtered thru it to see if there was one which mentioned the US Digital
>ones. Which encoder were you looking
>to use, and what is the exact application ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Bruce
>
>>
>>Mark
>
>
>
>
>
No real defined project, fiddling around with the motors and stuff mostly a
hobby/diversion thing.
The technology is interesting, finally economical and readily available and
you can find out a lot on the net.
And the Basic Stamps stuff is just friggin' fantastic.
Mark
Original Message
From: Bruce Bates <bvbates@u...>
To: basicstamps@egroups.com <basicstamps@egroups.com>
Date: Friday, April 14, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] [noparse][[/noparse]long] 2 pin BSC2 to stepper
>At 02:45 PM 4/14/00 -0700, techno_masai promulgated:
>>Hi Bruce:
>>
>>Thanks for the detailed post, all very interesting and great stuff.
>>
>>I guess what threw me off on the UDN2544 was that on the Allegro spec
sheet
>>front page under Features it says "Inputs configured for Unipolar Stepper
>>Motors", so I guess you can drive a bipolar stepper with unipolar inputs?
>
>If the truth would be know bi-polar/uni-polar are almost connectivity
>methods, but
>it kinda fails the true test. The direct answer to your question is yes.
>
>>
>>Will check out the links you posted, especially on the EDE-1200 Uni-Polar
>>Stepper ASIC
>
>You will appreciate the docs (free) and the assistance, I can assure you.
>
>>
>>I look forward to checking out their EDE-1200 App Note regarding (Airpax)
>>Linear Actuators big time.
>
>I surely am in no position except to HINT at something like that <smile>.
>
>>
>>Have you worked at all with digital encoders from US Digital, that will be
>>probably the next thing I'll be tackling once I get the Airpax up and
>>running.
>
>Some, but not extensively. I had an application I was going to get involved
in
>about 6 months ago, but it never got off the ground. I have the docs
>though, and various "typical" examples of various encoders. I never
>filtered thru it to see if there was one which mentioned the US Digital
>ones. Which encoder were you looking
>to use, and what is the exact application ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Bruce
>
>>
>>Mark
>
>
>
>
>