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I have an Easy Driver and a 4 wire bipolar stepper. I was wondering if the polarity of the AA, BB connections matter.
What I mean by that, say I had four wires A1 A2 B1 B2

would switching A1 and A2 have any effect?

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Swapping the ends of one winding will either stop the stepper from working or will change the direction of motion. I'm not sure which.

[Reply #2 on:]

It will reverse the direction of motion.

[Reply #3 on:]

Read this on why the order of the motor excitation matters:-
http://www.thebox.myzen.co.uk/Workshop/Motors_4.html

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Sure does, it matters in terms of direction.

So when setting up a mill or lathe you'll figure things out, just start in the middle of any axis that way you have travel in either direction to work with, once you decide what direction you want the axis to move on, "based on polarity", keep the wiring.

Half the fun in this stuff is problem solving, like you would with a mutli-piece puzzle.

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Thanks for the explanation everyone. That makes sense since the phase shift would be equal but opposite when the wires are switched.

Could I also ask, would this be true for any 2 phase motor, even 2-2 phase unipolar motors in bipolar mode?

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In Bipolar mode, for any bipolar motor, swapping any pair of leads will reverse the rotation. (meaning A+, A- or B+ B-)