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Posted by rue_mohr on August 26, 2006, 6:26 am
Please log in for more thread options bah, its not even one of the good ones with the encoder on it (the
digital servo motors)
and they didn't include the linear encoder :(
dan
pogo wrote:
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>>I'm new to electronics and thought I was working with a DC motor. The
>>reason I thought it was DC was becuase it was powered by a single AA
>>battery. After reading the information at
>>http://www.robotics.com/motors.html, I'm thinking the motor I have is
>>actually a stepper motor. So, I bought the motor in question at a hobby
>>shop for 99 cents and looks similar to the motor pictured at this URL,
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/MOTOR-12-Volt-DC-C6464-60002-Parts-or-Hobby_W0QQitemZ190019420082QQcmdZViewItem
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>>What type of motor do you think this is? Thanks for the help!
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> That motor looks like a regular DC motor. A stepper motor will have several
leads - your motor only has 2.
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> Also, if it turns continuously when hooked up to the AA battery, you know it
is not a stepper. A stepper motor needs
> some kind of driver electronics to sequence the coils in a particular order. (
I'm sure others on here will correct me
> if I am wrong ! )
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> Hope that helps !
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> reason I thought it was DC was becuase it was powered by a single AA
> battery. After reading the information at
> http://www.robotics.com/motors.html, I'm thinking the motor I have is
> actually a stepper motor. So, I bought the motor in question at a hobby
> shop for 99 cents and looks similar to the motor pictured at this URL,
>