On Apr 10, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Nicola Perotto wrote: > But harddisk motor has 4 wires! So i have some doubts on these! check out "Y" (sometimes "wye") vs "delta" configuration of the windings for brushless three-phase motors. Your four-wire motors are probably Y configured, while the Delta motors seem to be more common. The hard disks I've take apart seem to run about 50/50. (CD drives are almost always Delta.) BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist