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Re: [APML] Stepper motor speed controller?



Steve..

After futsing with it a bit more, a small circuit
started to smoke along with another.. my avenues are
pretty much closed now.

The joy

At leaste i finally bought a soldering kit.

Thanks for all the help you provided.
Brian



--- steve banbury <banburys@sonic.net> wrote:

> Hi Brian---thats frustrating! A voltmeter stuck
> across the wires to the 
> stepper motor would show
> you whether or not you're getting output pulses. But
> I think finding 
> that neighbor or another in the area
> is the quickest solution to the problem.  Was the
> thing working before 
> the potentiomenter knob broke off?
> 
> Steve
> 
> Brian larmay wrote:
> 
> >Hi Steve...i did the next best thing...
> >
> >I went out and bought the right potentiometer for
> the
> >drive, a soldering iron, and some solder.
> >
> >Thing is, i installed it, but it still doesnt work.
> >
> >The red light is on showing power, but there is
> >absolutley no noise or movement coming from the
> >stepper.
> >
> >I did go to that guys house that lives down the
> >street, but no one came to the door.
> >
> >Im stumped.
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >Brian
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hi Brian---I'm back from backpackiing.
> >>Have you had any luck locating some service help?
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>
> >>Brian larmay wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Thanks guys.....
> >>>
> >>>i found a guy down the street from me...hopefully
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>he
> >>    
> >>
> >>>sttill lives there.
> >>>There are many more to choose from following this
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>zip
> >>    
> >>
> >>>code area.
> >>>
> >>>Ill keep yous up to date on what happens.
> >>>
> >>>Brian
> >>>
> >>>--- tiwancio@sc.rr.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Actually, if you live in the US you can just go
> to
> >>>>the FCC advanced 
> >>>>license search page
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
>
>>http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchAdvanced.jsp
> >>    
> >>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>scroll down a little and put in your zipcode.
> You
> >>>>might find someone 
> >>>>right down the block that you didn't know about.
> >>>>That is what happened 
> >>>>to me.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thom
> >>>>
> >>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>From: steve banbury <banburys@sonic.net>
> >>>>Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2005 11:47 am
> >>>>Subject: Re: [APML] Stepper motor speed
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>controller?
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi Brian---its pretty simple.  It wouldn't even
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>need to be a ham 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>or cb type.
> >>>>>Almost anybody who has a trailer probably has
> had
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>to use a meter 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>to find out
> >>>>>why their tail lights don't work, and then has
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>probably soldered 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>the 
> >>>>>broken wires
> >>>>>back together.  
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Fred Lusen had a good suggestion in looking up
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>contact info for a 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>local ham
> >>>>>repeater group on the web.  I don't know your
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>neighborhood to know 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>whats 
> >>>>>close
> >>>>>by.  But, if you can locate the callsign of  a
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>ham
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>operator or 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>radio 
> >>>>>repeater in your
> >>>>>area (say by googling "Ham Radio Niagara Falls,
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>NY"), you can put 
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>it 
> >>>>>into an info
> >>>>>lookup at the following URL, and obtain contact
> 
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