Recent content by maglinvinn

the truth of the matter is its what i got to work with :P what its looking like is i charge one coil, and variable the other to get movement, but i dont know that for a fact, and i'm hoping one of you guys or gals might have the magic bit of info to help me make this more than a dream. I don't...

ok. I've looked even closer at them: i've never seen a stepper motor in that arrangement. I'm not entirely sure what i'm looking at now, or how to utilize it. don't worry, i have 2 more left :P

hmm. i looked very closely at them, no brown wires. maybe the part numbers are close but not the same?

*nods* the problem is with symbol technologies stuff is they refuse to service it or help diy guys like myself. I will see what i can't do about borrowing a function generator w/ two channels and attempting to drive the galvos, i'm just really concerned i'm going to nuke the poor thing...

my biggest problem is knowing how many volts to supply the 'bias' w/. or if that bias is always set to that value or if it is variable at all.

fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/859511_4330301786555_1562795719_o.jpg i'll have to get home from work to take better photos... :P the schematics look promising, and i'm currently browsing them now :)

SO. i have a handful of little galvos, by symbol technologies (oh no, not one of those guys!) and i was hoping to get a little help understanding them. there's a few things i know about them, after diggin around the internet, but i need just a little more help understanding what i got going on...