Re: encoder to stepper

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:

> In a message dated 19-Feb-02 12:42:12 Central Standard Time,
> snarf@s... writes:
>
>
> > a scematic I saw in an old subscription of MicroComputer Journal

which

> > drives steppers directly from an encoder. <<


> Yes, but that's only a TINY stepper! The ULN2003 can only sink a

max. of 500

> mA when the moon is right! Nuff for a clock, perhaps, but not nuff

to run a

> milling-machine, I think!

What about driving FETs with the ULN2003?

mike