Re: fickle y-axis

Peter,

A 200 step per revolution motor is in fact a 50 pole motor. The full-
step sequence (00, 01, 11, 10) takes four full steps before it
repeats. It repeats 50 times (for 50 poles) to make one revolution.

Mariss

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wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just one small question. In a stepper motor with 100 poles for

phase

> A and 100 poles for phase B, when say phase A is activated, does

all

> the 100 poles get magnetised. I suspect this is the key I need to
> grasp before I get to understand why my y-axis got to behave so
> erratically when one wire got loose/disconnected.
>
> Peter