Well thanks for the help so far but ime afraid Ive gotten myself into a little jam. I ordered the suggested motors and a c10 break out board. I am very happy with them and couldn't believe the fast shipping. I got it in less then 12 hours, so I will buy from them any time.
Now here is my problem. When I got the steppers I went to hook them up to my home made driver circuit. Made with the stepGenie IC's. Didn't take me long to relies the motors I ordered were Bipolar. the StepGenie set up does not do Bipolar. I emailed the guy who I got the stepGenie system from to see if he could give me a clue about how to get the stepGenie to work with Bipolar motors. It says in the PDF file that it will but it needs extra components. The fella I talked to thruw email basically told me the same thing but said he didn't have any examples or pdf files on how to do it. Not complaining about the guy he was polite and got back to me very quickly so ime impressed by that.
So Here I have theses lovely motors and break out board that I cant use. I have about a week left to finish building this thing and I am down to my last $50.00 for parts. I might be able to get another $20.00 if I sell some stuff but only to cover shipping. I have seen several alternatives on ebay but still being in the learning process I am not sure they will work. Also how big of power supply will I have to build for this thing. Ive got the stuff to build any power supply I want I just have to know how many volts and amps to set it up for.
If I don't get this thing built in another week they have to find some body else because were running out of brackets. Please guys have pity on a beginner and give some advise.
my motors are
KL23H284-35-4B (1/4” Dual shaft with a flat) 387 oz-in
Specification Price: $49
phase 2, deg/step 1.8, rated voltage 3.15 current/phase 3.5 resistance/phase 0.9ohms inductance/phase 4.1mH holding torque 387 oz. in
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