5 phase stepper motor.

[unns_boy]

Hi, does gecko controller support 5 phase stepper motor?

[danilom]

Look at their website
http://www.geckodrive.com
, but for a multiphase (more than two) you need a different driver than gecko I think. They are only 2 phase bipolar drives.

[domino11]

I think you will find it hard to get a good affordable driver for 5 phase motors. There was some discussion on this forum about that a few times. The recomendations were to get some good motors that work well with the gecko drivers. See the motor selection thread for starters.

[PEU]

Hi, does gecko controller support 5 phase stepper motor?

it doesn't

If you plan to use these motors, you should consider the cost of it drivers, my intuition says a bipolar motor + driver will cost you less than a 5 phase drive for them.


Pablo