Drive dual coil steppers without H Bridge
hey,
i came across dual coil stepper based instruments out of car want use display stuff on arduino. coil impedance 200 ohms. can't afford h bridge or motor drive shield, though they're 5 bucks. (don't ask.)
i want other ways drive these small instruments. if understood right make pointer move have drive coils in reverse polarity, 1 powered + / - , other - / + , reverse make go other way. assumption correct? driving both @ same time should take 5 volts / 100 ohms = 0.05amps.
so yeah, i'm pretty looking easy makeshift way make use of gauges. got loglevel mosfets (irl540n, know, overkill, might work) lying around suitable. yeah can't wrap head around yet, advice great.
thanks![smiley :)](https://forum.arduino.cc/smileys/arduino/smiley.gif)
sooner or later i'll drive shield it's improvising , learning time.
by way, if pwm output pin 0/off, pulled gnd? , if not, if used resistor pull gnd maybe reverse polarity thing somehow?
i came across dual coil stepper based instruments out of car want use display stuff on arduino. coil impedance 200 ohms. can't afford h bridge or motor drive shield, though they're 5 bucks. (don't ask.)
i want other ways drive these small instruments. if understood right make pointer move have drive coils in reverse polarity, 1 powered + / - , other - / + , reverse make go other way. assumption correct? driving both @ same time should take 5 volts / 100 ohms = 0.05amps.
so yeah, i'm pretty looking easy makeshift way make use of gauges. got loglevel mosfets (irl540n, know, overkill, might work) lying around suitable. yeah can't wrap head around yet, advice great.
thanks
![smiley :)](https://forum.arduino.cc/smileys/arduino/smiley.gif)
sooner or later i'll drive shield it's improvising , learning time.
by way, if pwm output pin 0/off, pulled gnd? , if not, if used resistor pull gnd maybe reverse polarity thing somehow?
5v , 200ohms per winding(*) _is_ within capabilities of arduino pins drive - you
will need protection diodes bolster on-chip ones (preferrably schottky diodes).
so bipolar motor need 4 pins, each protection diode ground , vcc, and
then question of software. in effect each pair of pins h-bridge.
(*) 5v / 200 = 25ma, whereas pin absolute maximum 40ma. lose voltage,
perhaps you'll 4v drive between 2 pins due losses in output
transistors.
will need protection diodes bolster on-chip ones (preferrably schottky diodes).
so bipolar motor need 4 pins, each protection diode ground , vcc, and
then question of software. in effect each pair of pins h-bridge.
(*) 5v / 200 = 25ma, whereas pin absolute maximum 40ma. lose voltage,
perhaps you'll 4v drive between 2 pins due losses in output
transistors.
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