Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Stepper motor pinout?

Rick, how many drivers does it have? sounds like a 5-phase motor? If
you have a part number, try the Oriental site:

http://www.industry.net/oriental.motor

Alan

Rick Dulas wrote:

>
> Howdy All! I have come across an anomaly that I need your collected
> wisdom to decipher.
>
> I have a stepper made by Oriental Motor ~3 3/8" or 85 mm dia with 6
> leads, the label says 2.1ohm .4A/phase .72 degrees/step. Easy money so
> far. When I put the ohmmeter on the leads to suss out the coils I find
> that 1 lead is 2.1ohms to the other 5 leads. And the other 5 are all
> 4.1ohms from each other. This doesn't look like any coil topology I've
> seen before.
>
> This stepper came out of a working piece of machinery so I don't suspect
> that any of the coils are bad. But I am baffled. Any ideas? I was really
> looking forward to driving my 4th axis with beast.
>
> TIA
>
> Rick {No, really that's what I measured} Dulas