I took the motor apart to see what the encoder looked like, and I'm assuming that these are hall sensors: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/7168795700/in/set-72157629660267772/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/7168808298/in/set-72157629660267772/
A few more photo's are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/sets/72157629660267772/ I haven't traced the wires yet, so I still don't know what goes where. It's a brushless servo motor for sure, with a permanent magnet rotor. Considering that this motor came off of a 20 year old embroidery machine, it's clean, in really good condition, and the bearings turn smoothly. Now, to figure out how to get a signal out of it... -- -Mark Ne M'oubliez ---Family Motto Hope for the best, plan for the worst ---Personal Motto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
