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nivapilot

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Motor ID
« on: July 21, 2016, 01:53:02 pm »
Hi all, can anyone tell me if this motor is any good for anything?, other than it's intended purpose.
I pulled it from a printer, it has four terminals, the numbers on it read . 10F6NC and under that 04Z7MA1 with an "M" in a box.
I assume it to be a Mabuchi motor, but can find no mention of it anywhere.
Can it be used for anything on a model boat? and how would it be connected
Many thanks in advance.
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Re: Motor ID
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2016, 03:15:50 pm »
With 4 terminals chances are it's a stepper motor designed to move a number of steps and stop.
I don't think you can simply apply a DC voltage to them and get them spinning though?


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Re: Motor ID
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2016, 03:30:14 pm »
That is just about my thinking as well.
With some sort of control board within the printer circuits.
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Re: Motor ID
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 04:14:48 pm »
It is a bipolar stepper motor. It will twitch if you connect a battery.
Look up Wikipedia and https://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=&as_epq=bipolar+stepper+motor+driver+circuit

It needs a full bridge circuit where 6-wire unipolar stepper motors don't
https://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=&as_epq=unipolar+stepper+motor+driver+circuit
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Re: Motor ID
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2016, 05:01:44 pm »
Thank you very much.
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Re: Motor ID
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 05:39:55 pm »
Not a great deal of use in a boat then... :-))
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