why are these so hard to control
has enyone used them
whats the easy way to get them moving
I have a ton of the small floppy drive and cd drive steppers
looks like you have to build a computer to get them running
seems like the best way to animate the layout and maby switch turnouts
this page has some info but its a little too much for me
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/stepper/
K
thanks tim I’ll check that tutorial out
K
smooth low speed conntrol is difficult with stepper motors. However you could always regear it if you want it for some cycliic animation.
~D
Has anyone tried PWM’ing a standard DC motor to achieve smooth, low-speed movement?
Yes, every DCC decoder…
If you use DCC there’s nothing wrong with using a loco decoder to power a stationary effect - and with speed tables you can set it up so throttle position doesn’t matter - give the device one steady speed from speed step 1 to 127, or two distinct speeds, one in the lower half and one in the upper half, or whatever is required
–Randy