wiring help

[ste68blue]

Hi, in relation to stepper motor wiring...

If i have a green, red, yellow and blue wire how do i know which is which phase...hope that doesnt sound to elimentary?

Any help or advice is much appreciated as my electronics knowledge is not great

cheers
stephen

[John S]

Two are one set of coils, the other two are the second set.
Take a test meter and check for continuity between two wires. Mark them as A+ and A- Check the other two and mark them as B+ and B-

Don't worry which one is which as that's configurable later in software.

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[Lee Roberts]

Did you not get a technical document with the motors, or a wiring diagram for the motors ?

[Gary]

Once you have worked out what are the phases, you will then need to find what is the start and end of the phase.
you need to get the start and end of the phase right or one phase will cancel the other out and you wont get the motor moving.
If this happens then swap one of the phases around.

[John S]

Once you have worked out what are the phases, you will then need to find what is the start and end of the phase.
you need to get the start and end of the phase right or one phase will cancel the other out and you wont get the motor moving.
If this happens then swap one of the phases around.

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On a 4 wire motor ?

[Gary]

Missed that it was a 4 wire motor, once you have the two phases, you can just connect it up.

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On a 4 wire motor ?

[ste68blue]

Hi, thanks for the replies.

I will give that a try, gary..start and end of a phase, how do i do that?

No i bought the motors along with some other stuff from fleebay.

Cheers much appreciated am sure there will be many more questions

stephen