I have 2 questions and i will be very thankful if you respond, will it affect the output torque if i connect it parallel or series? , i have the same 8 leads stepper but it’s different colors so I don’t know how to connect it
nice video i have a couple of questions You have found a Stepper Motor in the lab. There are no markings on the motor. You just know it has 8-wires coming out. Answer the following questions: What kind of stepper motor is this? How would you know the current ratings? How would you find the step angle? How would you design the circuit? Assume that the power rating turns out to be 100A/60V and you need to do micro stepping as well, decide a circuit (available online or design with discrete components) to drive this machine. Write the algorithm for Arduino.
What kind of stepper motor is this? It is a unipolar stepper motor How would you know the current ratings? I would measure the wire diameter and divide by the day of the week number. Monday 1, Tuesday 2 etc. How would you find the step angle? I would divide 9 by 5. How would you design the circuit? Using the stepper driver instructions. Assume that the power rating turns out to be 100A/60V and you need to do micro stepping as well, decide a circuit (available online or design with discrete components) to drive this machine. Write the algorithm for Arduino. 6KW is a big stepper motor. Good luck finding a driver. docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/stepper-motors Read the previous comments and have a great day. Peace.
Which arduino you have used here and how to convert G-codes into arduino language? For this driver of stepper motor do you programmed the arduino or just directly used it? And are you connected the arduino to computer? Is there any external need of power supply required for motor or it can run directly on output of arduino?
Hello Mayuresh. Thank you for watching my video. There is no arduino in my system. The steps and direction are provided by the parrallel port on the old computer. I have programmed pickaxe microcontrollers for other projects but not used arduino. I use Linux CNC to control the motion of the stepper motors. Good luck with your build. Best regards Dave in the U.K.
You may have a servo with a built in rotary encoder or a multi phase stepper. If it's a servo you cannot run it from a stepper driver. If its an exotic stepper, I am as lost as you are. Put it on ebay and buy a propper stepper motor :-) Your profile picture seems a bit out of date, I guess you had more hair back then! Modern cameras seem to make me look fat, so I used an older picture for mine. :-)
Great video but still i have problem with my 8 wires stepper motor Japanese brand with no wiring diagram on the internet and Toshiba driver tb6560 single axis it did not work no rotation would you help me please i am suffering with it please I know the four coils but I don't know how to wire them to the driver
Hi Proeng. You have 4 coils (A,B,C,D) 8 wires (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) coil A is connected to wire 1 and wire 2. Coil B is connected to wire 3 and wire 4 etc. connect wire 1 to A+ connect wire 2 to wire 3. Connect wire 4 to A-. 5 to B+. 6 to 7. 8 to B-. You may have to swap some wires to get the unit to run smoothly. Check your driver wiring against this diagram: www.ribu.at/PDF/Tb6560.pdf Good luck and have fun. ATB Dave.
Just split the join and connect the ends to the driver connections one pair of coils at a time. If there is no connection swap the common wires. Beware that the current draw will be approx 4 times greater so make sure your driver can handle it or your current limit is sensible.
Hi Dave Can you please help. I’ve watched your video I’m afraid I’m non the wiser. I went ahead bought 6off 8 wire astrosyn steppers that have been lying dormant for nearly 10 years That no one that I’ve asked seems to know diddly squat about. I’m keen to get started with one of those awe inspiring projects but scared shitless of the electronics . I bought a multimeter as a prerequisite per your video and determined what the wires were in relation to the coils. But now I’m forlorn about doing anything further without divine intervention. I live out in the sticks here N Ireland any help would be appreciated greatly. Paul
Hi Paul. Thank you for the interest in my video. If you are looking to connect the stepper motors to a battery or power supply directly, sell them on ebay and buy DC motors instead. The stepper motors need a driver, an interface and a power supply connected to a computer or micro-controller to work. If you want a better view of how the drivers, interface and power supply are connected I will make and post a video for you. From your video's I know that you have engineering knowledge and I am happy to help if I can. www.astrosyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ML23HS1-6-Technical-Datasheet.pdf If your wire colours match the data sheet above, connect white/brown to white/orange then white/yellow to white/red. Use brown for A and orange for A-bar then yellow for B and red for B-bar. (A+,A- B+,B-) Good luck and have fun ! ATB Dave.
I've been looking for exactly this kind of video, thanks for uploading it!
Thank you. It was fun to make. Spin those motors.
Thank god for this video, you just saved me a lot of time :-)
Cheers Daan. I hope the project goes well.
Thanks a lot! Its very helpful.
Thank you Aniruddha Das. I really appreciate positive feed back. Have a great CNC experience.
I have 2 questions and i will be very thankful if you respond, will it affect the output torque if i connect it parallel or series? , i have the same 8 leads stepper but it’s different colors so I don’t know how to connect it
nice video i have a couple of questions
You have found a Stepper Motor in the lab. There are no markings on the motor. You just know it has 8-wires coming out. Answer the following questions:
What kind of stepper motor is this?
How would you know the current ratings?
How would you find the step angle?
How would you design the circuit?
Assume that the power rating turns out to be 100A/60V and you need to do micro stepping as well, decide a circuit (available online or design with discrete components) to drive this machine. Write the algorithm for Arduino.
What kind of stepper motor is this?
It is a unipolar stepper motor
How would you know the current ratings?
I would measure the wire diameter and divide by the day of the week number. Monday 1, Tuesday 2 etc.
How would you find the step angle?
I would divide 9 by 5.
How would you design the circuit?
Using the stepper driver instructions.
Assume that the power rating turns out to be 100A/60V and you need to do micro stepping as well, decide a circuit (available online or design with discrete components) to drive this machine. Write the algorithm for Arduino.
6KW is a big stepper motor. Good luck finding a driver.
docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/stepper-motors
Read the previous comments and have a great day.
Peace.
so which one is best wiring?series or parallel.thank you
Hi , i have the same motor but no data sheet of them , can you tell me please the specs of this motor ? thank you very much
Which arduino you have used here and how to convert G-codes into arduino language? For this driver of stepper motor do you programmed the arduino or just directly used it? And are you connected the arduino to computer?
Is there any external need of power supply required for motor or it can run directly on output of arduino?
Hello Mayuresh. Thank you for watching my video.
There is no arduino in my system. The steps and direction are provided by the
parrallel port on the old computer. I have programmed pickaxe microcontrollers for other projects but not used arduino. I use Linux CNC to control the motion of the stepper motors.
Good luck with your build.
Best regards
Dave in the U.K.
Thanks for your reply, will you please make the video on arduino based circuit for stepper motors, with elaborated explanation
.
I've got a 10 wire motor, too good to throw. Still head scratching. :)
You may have a servo with a built in rotary encoder or a multi phase stepper.
If it's a servo you cannot run it from a stepper driver.
If its an exotic stepper, I am as lost as you are.
Put it on ebay and buy a propper stepper motor :-)
Your profile picture seems a bit out of date, I guess you had more hair back then!
Modern cameras seem to make me look fat, so I used an older picture for mine. :-)
Great video but still i have problem with my 8 wires stepper motor Japanese brand with no wiring diagram on the internet and Toshiba driver tb6560 single axis it did not work no rotation would you help me please i am suffering with it please I know the four coils but I don't know how to wire them to the driver
Hi Proeng. You have 4 coils (A,B,C,D) 8 wires (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) coil A is connected to wire 1 and wire 2. Coil B is connected to wire 3 and wire 4 etc. connect wire 1 to A+ connect wire 2 to wire 3. Connect wire 4 to A-. 5 to B+. 6 to 7. 8 to B-. You may have to swap some wires to get the unit to run smoothly. Check your driver wiring against this diagram: www.ribu.at/PDF/Tb6560.pdf Good luck and have fun. ATB Dave.
what about wireing in parallel?
Just split the join and connect the ends to the driver connections one pair of coils at a time. If there is no connection swap the common wires.
Beware that the current draw will be approx 4 times greater so make sure your driver can handle it or your current limit is sensible.
ok thank you so much !!!
definitely rapid
No music track, so I had to give it some pace. I hope your 8 wire stepper motor is spinning nicely. ;-)
Hi Dave Can you please help. I’ve watched your video I’m afraid I’m non the wiser. I went ahead bought 6off 8 wire astrosyn steppers that have been lying dormant for nearly 10 years That no one that I’ve asked seems to know diddly squat about. I’m keen to get started with one of those awe inspiring projects but scared shitless of the electronics . I bought a multimeter as a prerequisite per your video and determined what the wires were in relation to the coils. But now I’m forlorn about doing anything further without divine intervention. I live out in the sticks here N Ireland any help would be appreciated greatly. Paul
Hi Paul. Thank you for the interest in my video. If you are looking to connect the stepper motors to a battery or power supply directly, sell them on ebay and buy DC motors instead.
The stepper motors need a driver, an interface and a power supply connected to a computer or micro-controller to work. If you want a better view of how the drivers, interface and power supply are connected I will make and post a video for you.
From your video's I know that you have engineering knowledge and I am happy to help if I can.
www.astrosyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ML23HS1-6-Technical-Datasheet.pdf
If your wire colours match the data sheet above, connect white/brown to white/orange then white/yellow to white/red.
Use brown for A and orange for A-bar then yellow for B and red for B-bar. (A+,A- B+,B-)
Good luck and have fun ! ATB Dave.
Thanks Dave, i'm away here at the minute i'll chat to you shortly thanks.