Compatibility with a stepper motor

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Hi
Can anyone from the ODrive team suggest compatibility with stepper motors from NiMotion China?
link to the stepper motor data sheet - DropMeFiles ā€“ free one-click file sharing service

Any assistance appreciated.

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Hi @TCH, stepper motors are not officially supported by ODrive. What are you trying to do?

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i consider to operate a rotation stage based on STM 57 stepper motor http://www.nimotion.com/stepper-motor/42/51.html
and like to know if ODrive controller will work with this motor

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Sorry, ODrive will not work with that motor. Even from a basic hardware point of view: A 2-phase stepper has 4 wires, ODrive has 3 output wires.
It is possible to make ODrive work with 3-phase steppers (which have 3 wires) but not 2-phase motors.
Iā€™d suggest you consider NEMA-size brushless motors with integrated gearbox

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thank you for your reply and suggestions!

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