https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/why-not-wake-up-gently-with-a-stepper-motor/m-p/97931#M22150 <P><SPAN>Hello everyone!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I control a stepper motor. I realized that waking up in the morning to the light of a desk lamp (controlled with an arduino and my iPhone) is not a pleasant thing. So, to implement a new element with the arduino, I came up with the idea of opening the curtains with a motor.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So I bought a step-by-step motor to get started ...... Unfortunately, it's hard to find information on this... In fact, when I type in the reference, it ends up on the website of the store where I bought it&nbsp;</SPAN>www.<STRONG>steppermotor.fr</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>It's a 9 volt DC motor with 8 wires... From what I've read (and don't understand at the moment) I can connect it any way I want (unipolar, bipolar, single-phase, dual-phase) and I'm still trying to understand how it works .</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My goal is obviously to be able to control it via arduino and most importantly .Recognize the wires! I tried plugging in 9 volts and testing it with these two wires and found resistance in the motor . Also, it was heating up. This is not reassuring at all.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is where I am at the moment. Should I start with a motor with fewer wires? Is it possible to identify the wires? Why does the motor get hot? So many questions that I can't answer in a moment? Can you help me out a bit?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any future help.</SPAN></P> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:11:18 GMT Kaiden22 2023-11-15T08:11:18Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/why-not-wake-up-gently-with-a-stepper-motor/m-p/97931#M22150 <P><SPAN>Hello everyone!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I control a stepper motor. I realized that waking up in the morning to the light of a desk lamp (controlled with an arduino and my iPhone) is not a pleasant thing. So, to implement a new element with the arduino, I came up with the idea of opening the curtains with a motor.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So I bought a step-by-step motor to get started ...... Unfortunately, it's hard to find information on this... In fact, when I type in the reference, it ends up on the website of the store where I bought it&nbsp;</SPAN>www.<STRONG>steppermotor.fr</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>It's a 9 volt DC motor with 8 wires... From what I've read (and don't understand at the moment) I can connect it any way I want (unipolar, bipolar, single-phase, dual-phase) and I'm still trying to understand how it works .</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My goal is obviously to be able to control it via arduino and most importantly .Recognize the wires! I tried plugging in 9 volts and testing it with these two wires and found resistance in the motor . Also, it was heating up. This is not reassuring at all.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is where I am at the moment. Should I start with a motor with fewer wires? Is it possible to identify the wires? Why does the motor get hot? So many questions that I can't answer in a moment? Can you help me out a bit?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any future help.</SPAN></P> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:11:18 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/why-not-wake-up-gently-with-a-stepper-motor/m-p/97931#M22150 Kaiden22 2023-11-15T08:11:18Z