If you are looking at brushless motors, you will find this site of interest:
http://www.gobrushless.com

Check out the info on the right side of the page.

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lindy Mayfield" <Lindy.Mayfield@eur.sas.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:12 AM
Subject: [EE] Help Understanding DC Motor from CD Player


> Hi Group,
>
> Can anyone help me figure out a DC motor that I took from an old CDrom 
> drive?  It seems to be a brushless DC motor and was the one used to spin 
> the CD.  It is mounted on a small PC board attached to a narrow ribbon 
> cable.
>
> The question is that this ribbon cable that attaches to the PC board has 
> 11 leads.  My question is what are all those leads for?  I've googled for 
> answers but haven't found any.  Stepper motors, yes.  But this one not 
> yet.
>
> Thanks,
> Lindy
>
>
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