<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I had to do figure out the wiring of a stepper motor last week, so my TL;DR version for a four-wire stepper motor is:<div><br></div><div>Take one wire and use a multimeter to determine continuity with the other wires - two wires are connected to each coil. The polarity and the order in which the coils are connected to your driver board does not matter.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Gerrit<br><div><br></div><div>On 15 Jul 2014, at 20:08, Emyr Morris <<a href="mailto:em@preseli.com">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I saw a great tutorial online a while back, a walkthrough on how to identify the wiring of old surplus stepper motors rescued from printers etc<br><br><a href="http://embedjournal.com/stepper-motors-introduction-and-working-principle/">http://embedjournal.com/stepper-motors-introduction-and-working-principle/</a><br>
<br></div>I've collected stacks of printers. I have yet to rip them apart and harvest the parts, but I hope to do so one day so I can build a 3d printer or a laser thingy :-)<br><br></div><div>it is an all round good little blog - nice write-ups<br>
</div><div><br></div>ATB<br><br>Em<br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br>Mob: 07836 267426<br><br>This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.<br>
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