Re: Stepper motor questions (4,6,8 wire motors)

THANKS!! that sort of what I was thinking.
I found a pdf on geckodrives site this morning
(http://www.geckodrive.com/ycom/documents/C163R15_motor_connections.pd
f)
That showed what you said and confirmed my understanding.
I am know really starting to get a handle on this stuff...


Jerry


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Nigel Bailey"
<nigel.bailey@o...> wrote:

> inside all the mentioned stepper motors there are (essentially) 4

coils. If

> you bring all the coil ends out, you have 8 wires (wire-coil-wire,

X4), if

> you connect pairs of coils in series and bring out a common centre
> connection from each pair, you have 6 wires, (wire-coil-wire-coil-

wire X2)

> and if you don't bother connecting the middle of the pairs you have

4 wires

> (wire-coil-coil-wire, x2). Draw it!.
>
> Usually, connecting a 6 wire stepper to a 4 wire controller, you

don't

> connect the centre taps.
> Nig
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fozzyber <jerry@o...> [mailto:jerry@o...]
> Sent: 03 January 2003 16:29
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Stepper motor questions
>
>
> I have been looking around at/for stepper motors.
> I see that there are 4,6,8 wire motors.
> Stepperworlds Controller board has connection for 6 wires.
> hobbycnc board seems to work with 5,6,8 wires.
> Xylotex seems to work with 4 wire.
> My question is this, what is the diffrence between a 4,5,6,8 wire
> motors? I would asume that each pair of wire would make up a coil
> loop inside the motor. And the 4 wire motors have two loops.
> and the 8 wire would have 4 loops that you would take the opposing
> coil and hook up in reverse to the controler. But I'm am confussed
> with 6 wire motors how would you hook these up to a 4 connector

board?

> If some one could explain the differnce between 4,6,8 wire motors

and

> how to hook them up to a 4 and 6 connector board it would add to my
> understanding.....
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Jerry
>
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