Originally posted by jairtime@earthlink.net:
Hell, if I'd known it was that simple, I'd have had one of my kids wire it up!
Just kidding! Seriously, electrical is like heiroglyphics to me, I'm a woodworking and welding type guy, but I wonder if I could just re-use the circuitry and resistor(s) from the printer/scanners I took the stepper motors from. I guess it should be there, right? If not, Radio Shack?
Thanks again for the help!
Roger
Sure you can re-use the circuitry, but you still may have to provide a pulse, most digital circuits are 0-5volts and there is a limit before the electronics will self-dstruct. Cmos are a bit higher, but if it is not cmos it will be about 5 volts.
The driver circuit should still be ok, but you will have to look for the input section, if it came out of a printer the the signal source was probably the pc and the software that provided the info to the driver.
So as I said, good luck.
