playing with stepper motors

[@cptstbd]

I just sat here like a kid being given candy not even knowing half of the things you said, but it clarified a ton about steppers and I'm in the same boat with software. A wonderful fun video, thanks!!

[@ulysses_grant]

Amazing. Simply. Amazing. This video was definitely one of the most instructive I had seen on RUclips, no joke. Thanks so much, SUBSCRIBED.

[@captainprototype187]

You can also find those little steppers in the old A drives. Yes, floppy discs, lol!

[@DominicFawver]

Thanks for showing the demo, I am a model railroader who just started on arduinos. Haven't played with the stepper motors yet.

[@pileofstuff]

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of youtube.

[@brucewoods9377]

Dominic Fawver, I am about to embark on a project to build an indexing turntable using Arduino, stepper controller and motor with buttons and lcd readout. The funky little CD stepper May be used to open crossing gates as it will be smoother to use rather than those dinky little 9g servos

[@favesongslist]

Did you know you can control your DCC trains using the same H-bridge stepper motor drives and a arduino style micro controller like a ESP32 for just a few pounds.
SEE sites.google.com/site/thecoolbritselectronics/trains/dcc

[@brucewoods9377]

Great video, you just got me thinking of a project I can do using the CD stepper and it’s associated carriage

[@kjur18]

These stepper motors are in floppy drives too. A long time ago I found one of those square cube type stepper motor in some very old 5.25" HDD.

[@TechBuild]

I have a couple of large stepper motor as you do and they can easily be powered with 5-volts instead of 12 or 24. You will get less torque out of them by it still works.

[@rezekisumber6830]

2-Phase 4-Wire Stepper Motor DC 5V 6V Drives Linear Screw With Nut Slider Block

[@ruelgamez5924]

great video, i have a question i have a 4 wire step motor that i am trying to run it continuously it is 5V motor from thermal printer, i wanted to run it with out driver i tried all possible wiring but still will not run im using 450mf cap, could you please help.thank you

[@austindale3129]

Great Video! Where did you find the little flat flex 4 conductor connectors? I have a bunch of those super tiny steppers but the pins are just too small to work with. Thanks again people like you making videos like this are what make my world go round!

[@mjbirdClavdivs]

There should be stepper motors in old ink jet printers, too. Many DIY 3D printers start with the steppers from 2 ink jets for a 2d movement of the head, and one of these steppers on the output stage to lower the object for the next layer.

[@mjbirdClavdivs]

This was a fun video, and it shows how easy it is nowadays to do what used to be REALLY HARD in my college days using TTL ICs (I'm older than you).

[@pileofstuff]

Pretty much any old printer should have steppers in it. And those are often pretty torque-ish motors too.
Watch this space for a future teardown and salvage operation.
Thanks for watching.

[@DrexProjects]

And Scanners.

[@stee1077]

Can you connect the FPC of drive motor to the flat board easily? Thanks

[@tareknasser7894]

Hey @pileofstuff do you have any clue how to just run this stepper motor by a normal battery and switch ?

[@Unfinished_Projects]

You can convert those small geared unipolar motors to bipolar by cutting a trace on their pcb. I forgot which one it was, but it shouldn't be too hard to find that on Google

[@pileofstuff]

That's an interesting idea. Thanks.

[@arbitScaleModels]

Can you show a link to the flat flex connectors you found to work with these? Been looking for them forever. Thanks.

[@roberthill8609]

I have a question. Is there any way to connect a mini stepper motor directly to an battery source & an on off switch?

[@pileofstuff]

Not without some sort of control circuit. You need to steer the power to the different coils at the correct times in order for the motor to move.

[@player56978]

How much volts need for the stepper motor of the floppy?

[@pileofstuff]

I believe most were 5 volts, though floppy drives did have 12 volts available on the connector (but I think that was for the main motor, not the head positioning stepper.

[@marekbieganski3876]

Did you finally make the smallest one work? I got some of these, but my attempts showed they are very weak.

[@pileofstuff]

I abandoned it when I started going cross-eyed.
If I have a practical application for it, I might re-visit it with better magnification.

[@shravan1981]

Many times you sound like Neil deGrasse Tyson. Informative video thx

[@pileofstuff]

Thats a compliment that I'll happily take.
I wish I was anywhere near as smaer as him, though...

[@gorurmehmetali]

What is the 555 circuit you are using? Can you share any guide for it please?

[@pileofstuff]

It's the easiest "astable mode" circuit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_timer_IC#Astable

[@diyagent7987]

It can work with only CNC shield stepper motor?

[@pileofstuff]

You could also use an h-bridge and an arduino to drive it, but the arduino would need to have a program to control the motor signals.

[@SidneyCritic]

I think you have to set the current with the trimmer on the driver.
I got a GRBL shield kit for a DIY CNC I was making, and that has browser control.

[@pileofstuff]

SidneyCritic ComedyHound: yes, thats what the pot does.
I thought i mentioned it, but i probably edited that out when i was cuttkng soome ofnthw pointless rambling.
Thanks for speaking up.

[@SidneyCritic]

I saw the hot stepper but no mention of amps, so I thought I would mention it.

[@pileofstuff]

Thanks for the information.
It's a good thing to mention, since I managed to miss it in my sloppy edit.
That stepper was probably runing for over 30 min solid when I touched it there at the end, so I wasn't surprised that it was getting a bit toasty.

[@DrexProjects]

Loved the vid. Its what I do with the woman sometimes. Explain things then show a different way, then another. I never video it tho. And then she wanders off and drinks. Hmmm.

[@pileofstuff]

That's how I like to learn.
Try stuff a few different ways. And drink.

[@DrexProjects]

Maybe 1 day I will do a video and bumblefrik my way through it. I do want to install lights,taillights,signal/side lights and perhaps a domelight in my car model of a 68 Mustang Fastback. ( My 19 year old daily driver ). What do you use for editing vids with Linux? ( cause I'm sure I will ramble too much ) Thanks. P.S. Rain on the west coast here. You still got snow there?

[@pileofstuff]

Snow? Oh yeah.
It's melting a bit (which is weird for January), but there's enough to last through this warm spell.

[@pileofstuff]

Linux video editing: I use Open Shot. It's not the most sophisticated, but uit doesn't need a massively powerful computer and the learning curve is pretty manageable.
I tried a few others, but they were either less intuitive or too much of a resource hog.

[@paulclaridge8776]

constructive criticism don't spend time telling about things your not going to do lol, other wise I learned something today

[@BrianLough]

I speak only truths :)

[@welingtonalvares]

*IT IS A PAIN IN THE ASS*