JimboZA:
From the manual you posted....This motor is a bipolar-hybrid and must be driven by a chopper drive controller such as the 1063 - PhidgetStepper
Bipolar 1-MotorNow, I have no clue what that means, but is the 298 a chopper drive controller?
It also says in the manual:
The acceleration of a stepper motor is an important consideration when driving a load. Setting the acceleration too
high can result in the motor stalling, especially with a heavy load.So that might be why it's not moving?
What I've found out, is that an chopper driver slowly turns on the current, so the motor gets and slowly "on". I talked to my teacher about it, and he says it's not that important.
The motor by the way, haven't any load on yet.
Grumpy_Mike:
// set the speed at 60 rpm:
This is way too fast.
Try dropping it to 1 RMP.
I tried to change it to 1 RPM, but nothing happens yet? Anyway, on the datasheet, there is written
Max Motor Speed (with 1063 controller) 614RPM
, so I would not say that 60 RPM isn't to high.