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From: dmt@PacBell.COM (Dave Turner)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Stepper Motor
Message-ID: <4824@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 6 Jun 89 23:50:34 GMT
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Reply-To: dmt@PacBell.COM (Dave Turner)
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In article <7137@cbnews.ATT.COM> knt@cbnews.ATT.COM (kirk.n.trost) writes:
>Does anyone know the basics for stepper motor operation.  I've got
>a stepper motor with the following data sheet:

Sky & Telescope magazine has printed several articles about stepper motors.
The first one told how to identify and use surplus motors; the others
have circuits that have been used to drive telescopes.
Back issues are available for $3.00 if you can't find them in a library.

	Jul, 1986 p. 82

	Jan, 1988 p. 80		correction: Apr, 1988 p. 418

	Jul, 1988 p. 92

	May, 1989 p. 89

Howard Sams publishes a book on robotics that describes stepper motors:

	Basic Robotics Concepts
	John M. Holland
	Sams 21952


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