Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The perfect stepper motor

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1209

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 500 mA at 10 V, allowing for a holding torque of 1000 g-cm (14 oz-in).




Overview

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 1000 mA at 2.7 V, allowing for a holding torque of 1400 g-cm (20 oz-in). The motor has four color-coded wires terminated with bare leads. Our 5mm universal mounting hub can be used to mount objects on the stepper motor’s 5mm-diameter output shaft.

Specifications

  • Size: 35 mm square x 36 mm, not including the shaft (NEMA 14)
  • Weight: 180 g (6 oz)
  • Shaft diameter: 5 mm
  • Steps per revolution: 200
  • Current rating: 1000 mA per coil
  • Voltage rating: 2.7 V
  • Resistance: 2.7 Ohm per coil
  • Holding torque: 1400 g-cm (20 oz-in)
  • Inductance: 4.3 mH per coil
  • Lead length: 12 in
These specs and pictures are straight off of the Pololu website.  Our team thinks that this motor is perfect for our robots drive motors because of it's really high torque at low speeds.  We think that this is one of the most important features in selecting a motor for our robot because we are concerned about the robot tipping over more when it has to make small adjustments because momentum will not be available to help keep the robot stable.  

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