Wiring Steppers w/o driver board?
Hey there potential helpers! Like the title says, I'm working from scratch and building/programming my own CNC platform that won't work with the driver boards everyone else uses, and I plan on driving the motors with several MOSFETs I have sitting around. I've just purchased two Probotix stepper motors (200oz) which are rated for 24V and 1.5A. I also have their 24V, 6.5A power supply. Phase resistance for the motors only turns out to be 4.5ohm. My question is: is there any way I can wire the motors to the power supply without having to use a pricey 40W 16 ohm resistor? What's the power dissipation for these motors? I thought that most manufacturers design their motors to work without extra resistors...
Thanks!
LowIQGenius (the world's most stupid genius!)