You need to drive the stepper motor through transistors. 4N26 optos are
not needed. If you need I can send you schematic and the PIC code for
it.

Harley L. Miller wrote:

> I want to start experimenting in driving stepper motors with a 16f84.
> I
> have an old stepper from a junk disk drive and understand (roughly)
> how
> to make it step. My question is, can it be driven directly from the
> PIC
> or do I need to go through something like a 4N26 (just got a batch
> from
> Mouser)?
>
> Harley L. Miller     hmiller@sound.net
> WB0ROQ

Bye

Pailoor

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