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Why does my stepper motor stop working?
You see Stepper Drivers provide current to each coils of a Stepper Motor and those current are switched back and forth to make the Stepper Motor rotate. So when a connection to one of the coils gets disconnected it creates a spike (current/voltage) that gets feed back to the Stepper Driver and can cause failure.
How do I identify my stepper motor?
If it has five wires, it’s a unipolar only stepper. If it has six or eight wires, it can be used as either. Another way to find out is to open each motor. If the rotor has a number of ridges at some consistent separation angle, and there are no brushes, then you’re likely looking at a stepper motor.
Why is my stepper motor not moving back and forth?
If the stepper motor doesn’t rotate sometimes or move back and forth after starting, the following inspection for troubleshooting can be taken into considerations. When selecting the stepper motor, considering whether the working torque is large enough and whether it can drive the load or not.
How can I tell if my stepper controller is not working?
I seams to have the same problem. The controller (refered to stock controller) have 4pin jst plug for each stepper motor, but each motor have 6pin jst plug. The wire are only 4. So you check wire by wire the position and the color if are plugged corrected into jst plug. black—not connected—green—blue—not connected—red.
What kind of stepper motor do I need for Arduino?
I’m using 2 x 1.8-Degree Nema 14, 35 BYGHW Stepper Motors with a DRV8825 Stepper Motor. I have tried all 24 combinations of wiring the damn 4 wires but it won’t work.
Why did my stepper motor on Mach 3 stop working?
My stepper motors stopped working all of a sudden. Mach 3 is running fine, just no signals getting to the motors. The lights on the motor drivers began blinking erratically when this started.