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Sourcing low torque/small stepper motors

I am looking for some small and cheap stepper motors with <10oz-in torque. Most of the steppers I can find from my regular sources/ebay are 60-1000oz-in which is far too much fo …
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Stepper Motors (on mbed, not arduino)

There is some information on chiphacker about using an arduino to control stepper motors (I'm driving Bipolar, 4 wire, motors), however I'm finding it hard to know how to control a …
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Bi-Directional Step up and Step down (3.3v <-> 5, etc)

So I've been reading a few threads here and on other forums. I understand there are various solutions for stepping down or up a voltage. What I have found are the LVC series shif …
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How to convert AC to DC

I am designing a circuit that needs to output 5VDC @ 1A. I'm trying to use a wall transformer to step the voltage down to 12VAC. The next step is the diode bridge and ripple capa …
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How does the Linistepper, open source linear Stepper Motor Drive work?

I have been trying to get the Linistepper to work, however I can't seem the understand the working of the circuit. The circuit is here. The issues that I'm unclear about are: …
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Is it possible to drive a stepper motor greater than 1000 rpm?

How could I achieve this? What are the stepper motor facts and principless that I have to keep in mind to design a circuit to achive this goal? Are there any readymade/open so …
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is there any way to determine the correct voltage for a stepper motor

I recently bought a CNC mini-mill at an auction. It is fitted with steppers on the three axis. The X and Y are the same, and the Z is a bit smaller (physically). All the markings w …
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Good motor supplier?

I'm looking to start a few different projects and stock up on some basic components - I was just wondering if anyone knows a good supplier of DC motors, stepper motors and servos? …
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Arduino Stepper Motor

How do use use an Arduino with a Stepper Motor?
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How do you read newer HDD motors (DC/Brushless) into arduino? (like stepper motors)

We had a version of the HDDJ working with an arduino reading an old stepper motor (with 4 wires), then sending serial data to processing, using a midi library, and midiox + midiyok …