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dc42
If you are determined to use those motors, you have a few possibilities:
1. If your electronics is 24V-capable, then you should get reasonable performance out of them using a 24V supply.
2. Use half of each coil only, i.e. one end and the centre tap. The torque will be halved, but the inductance will be reduced by a factor of 4.
3. Take the motor apart. You will probably find that there are two wires going to each centre tap connection, in which case you can rewire them as bipolar-parallel.
4. Or just use them as they are, and upgrade to more suitable motors when you need higher speeds.
Thanks!
I was thinking of upgrading in two phases:
First would be hooking them up half coil, as suggested in #2. The manufacturer provides documentation for doing that. I'd do the wiring in such a way as to not foreclose changing over to bipolar series wiring.
The second would be upgrading my electronics to 24v, probably going to 32 bit processing at the same time.
I ordered a spare, and may take it apart and and try rewiring it as bipolar parallel. That seems like it would give me the most bang for my buck, and the cost of the experiment wouldn't be that high if I make a hash of it.
The motors are here: [www.applied-motion.com]
and here: [www.applied-motion.com]
I'm hoping that they're nicer than the usual offerings on eBay...