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Re: Stepper Motor Controling

It will be a little tough to control one. I don't have much experience with them either. I've messed with stepper motors a long time ago using a basic stamp board.

First off, do you understand the concept of how stepper motors work?

You should use the Digital I/O ports in output mode. You'll need something to convert the small signal of the Digital I/O bus to a higher current to run the stepper motors.

This looks like a good website to help you out: http://www.piclist.com/techref/io/stepper/wires.htm

The 4 wire stepper motor will be the easiest to wire and run.

Take what I've said with a grain of salt... I really don't know much about them.
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