Hi Doug > for a small stepper motor, like a NEMA 17 I need a small (DC) > electrically driven lock that I can attach to the shaft such that > when the power is turned off the shaft is locked in place.
Before installing a mechanical brake, try short-circuiting the motor coils. The motor will be much hard to turn when shorted and maybe that's enough for your purpose. See you Flo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
