In message  <33E45AB0.A3D180B6@ilink.nis.za> PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes:

> This is slightly off the line BUT: I need to build a maze-solving robot
> using a PIC. I've got a couple of stepper motors from old disk drives
> etc. Some are Japan Servo Co and Teac. Any idea where I can find
> datasheets/internal wiring diagrams?

I've been playing with a Teac stepper removed from an old 5.25 inch drive,
it has six wires, 2 brown, yellow, red, blue, and white. The P/N on the
motor is 14769070-10.

All I did was feed the 2 brown wires from a positive supply and connect the
other 4 to a ULN2803 (using one of Don's relay boards). I just wrote the PIC
code to use the wires in the order on the connector - as above, yellow, red,
blue, and white. It worked first time :-).

Nigel.

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