Six wire motors can usually be used in Bipolar or Unipolar mode. It's basically two coils with a centre tap on each. How you connect them will also affect the inductance/phase.
There is good info on the Gecko site for wiring them up. Regards Roland On 9 August 2011 08:14, Tobias Gogolin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks cogoman and Roland for replying, yes indeed that is a quite > important > explanation why they use such a ridicoluously low voltage high curent motor > (even though they use very thin wires) > Torchmate kit came with a 5V 7A motor with 6 wires each! I wonder what kind > of circuit model uses 6 wires? > How many phases might this motor have? > Also just thinking about it now, isn't the real concern the positive > capability to move the sleds to the position and never to miss a step? What > if I rather focused on the smart move to close the loop (put a digital > readout on each motor) and this way make sure that i only go as fast as i > can positively accelerate the sleds??? > > Thanks again for all your help! > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Roland Jollivet > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The stepper resistance looks a bit high at 2.1ohm/phase. You wont get > much > > speed on the supplied 24V psu. > > > > Regards > > Roland > > > > > > > > On 31 July 2011 08:32, Tobias Gogolin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello EMC users, I am new to this issue (have been lurking for a while) > > but > > > now plunged into the reality of having to (or wanting to) implement a > EMC > > > based system, as the Torchmate Plasma Stepper Controller we had was > > stolen > > > by unqualified hand... > > > > > > I am wondering if this type of kit will work with the EMC software? > > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/4Axis-Nema-23-Stepper-Motor-425oz-in-CNC-Mill-Control-/140572552311?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.OPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D140580740359%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1714182468467345141#ht_3275wt_1139 > > > > > > I'm not related to this seller, nor trying to promote their product, > I'm > > > open to hear about better matches or whatever else I should consider! > The > > > nice thing is that for what we have been quoted to replace the stolen > > > hardware from torchmate alone we can more than replace the hardware, we > > can > > > also greatly expand the capabilities of the table for example : > > > -THC (torch height control) > > > -4th axis for cutting pipes > > > -Sheetcam software > > > -flexibility of open source > > > -ability to set up other tools (routers) > > > -learning something new! > > > > > > Thanks for any responses! > > > > > > P.S.: I was going to attach a file describing this seller parallel port > > > module, but apparently the list is not configured for that! > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Got Input? 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