Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DC motor as replacement for Stepper motor

> Driving a DC motor as a stepper is not possible. I believe the original
> poster wanted to operate a machine, and could not afford stepper motors
> in his country. The alternative is to use DC motors, and *something*
> in between the computer and these motors, to make it all work.
>
> The Gecko servo drives accept step and direction pulses, so the computer
> thinks it is driving a stepper motor.
>
> So, the computer thinks it is driving a stepper, and the machine moves.
> I think this is what the original poster was looking for, even if he

> phrase
> his request in exactly those terms.
>
> If he really wanted to warm up a soldering iron and convert a DC brush
> motor into a stepper, it is just about impossible. A 'DC' brushless motor
> is closer, but it would be a very coarse stepper.
>
> Jon
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