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The
circuit shown above can be used to control a unipolar stepper
motor which has FOUR coils (I've swiped it off an old fax
machine). The above circuit can be for a motor current of up to
about 500mA per winding with suitable heat sinks for the SL100.
For higher currents power transistors like 2N3055 can be used as
darlington pair along with SL100. The diodes are used to protect
the transistor from transients.
Activating sequence:-
|
Inputs |
Coils
Energised |
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D0 |
D1 |
|
0 |
0 |
A,B |
|
0 |
1 |
B,C |
|
1 |
0 |
C,D |
|
1 |
1 |
D,A |
To
reverse the motor just reverse the above sequence viz.
11,10,01,00.
Alternately a 2bit UP/DOWN counter can also be used to control the
direction , and a 555 multi-vibrator can be used to control the
speed
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