Overclocked
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Im just getting into stepper motors and all that, the reason being is because I want to make a dividable headstock for my lathe (its basically mounting on the side to turn the spindle when the lathe is off). I used a small PIC micro, the code works, I tested it on a scrap stepper motor from a old printer. Im using the "wave" drive method just to test things out. I know there is the "full" step drive, but thats for later (I digress though, I got lazy in coding). But it oddly wont work on this stepper motor that I want to use.
here is where I got it from:
https://www.allelectronics.com/make...RESOLUTION-BI-POLAR-STEPPER-MOTOR-USED/1.html
And this is the link to the spec sheet via the manufacturer:
https://catalog.orientalmotor.com/item/stepping-motors--1068/pk-series-stepping-motors/pk244m-01aa
But its not really bi-polar. It's unipolar (6 leads). So Im a bit confused here. Maybe I can only use it in bipolar mode? I feel the motor getting pulses (it vibrates a little bit and the shaft is hard to turn) but it wont turn. Ive moved around the phases, I even tried manually operating it, and it just wont budge.
here is where I got it from:
https://www.allelectronics.com/make...RESOLUTION-BI-POLAR-STEPPER-MOTOR-USED/1.html
And this is the link to the spec sheet via the manufacturer:
https://catalog.orientalmotor.com/item/stepping-motors--1068/pk-series-stepping-motors/pk244m-01aa
But its not really bi-polar. It's unipolar (6 leads). So Im a bit confused here. Maybe I can only use it in bipolar mode? I feel the motor getting pulses (it vibrates a little bit and the shaft is hard to turn) but it wont turn. Ive moved around the phases, I even tried manually operating it, and it just wont budge.