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          The BEAM Circuits Collection is a 
         BEAM
         Reference Library 
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          Stepper motor drive circuits 
         Stepping out... 
         
           
         
          
         To date, I've just seen three simple circuits for driving
         unipolar
         or bipolar
         stepper
         motors:
         
         
            - Wilf Rigter's NuStepper
            -- uses just a single IC ('though not one you're likely
            to have in your "parts box") to give you reversible motor
            drive
 
             
             
            
            - Solarbotics Nv-based
            Circuit-- uses a single IC (and it's a common one,
            too -- the 74AC240)
            to give you motor drive in a single direction
 
             
             
            
            - Duane Johnson's BEAM
            Stepper -- based on a single 74AC240,
            gives reversible motor drive.
 
          
         
         Then of course, if you want to cheat, ICs specifically
         made to drive stepper motors are commercially available as
         well. 
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