Adafruit Small Reduction Stepper Motor – 5VDC 32-Step 1/16 Gearing

Key Features:

• Great first stepper motor, good for small projects and experimenting with steppers
• Built in mounting plate with two mounting holes
• 32 step per revolution; 1/16 reduction gear set
• Flat shaft to easily attach stuff to it with a set-screw

This is a great first stepper motor, good for small projects and experimenting with steppers. This uni-polar motor has a built in mounting plate with two mounting holes. There are only 32 step (11.25 degree) per revolution, and inside is a 1/16 reduction gear set. (Actually its 1/16.032 but for most purposes 1/16 is a good enough approximation) What this means is that there are really 32*16.032 steps per revolution = 513 steps! The shaft is flattened so its easy to attach stuff to it with a set-screw. A perfect first stepper motor and works well with the Motor Shield for Arduino.

The gearing has a few side effects which are important to note. First, you can turn the stepper by hand but not as smoothly as an un-geared stepper. It also means you shouldn’t use interleaved or micro-stepping to control or it will take forever to turn. Instead use single or double stepping. The torque is fairly high but its slower than un-geared steppers – we maxed out at about 50 RPM by over-driving it a bit with 9VDC. At 5V try to stick to under 25 RPM

Item Specifics
Unipolar stepper with 0.1" spaced 5-pin cable connector
513 steps per revolution
1/16.032 geared down reduction
5V DC suggested operation
Weight: 37 g
Size: 28mm diameter, 20mm tall not including 9mm shaft with 5mm diameter
Cable Length: 9" / 23 cm
Holding Torque: 150 gram-force*cm, 15 N*mm/ 2 oz-force*in
Shaft: 5mm diameter flattened
Approx 42 ohm DC impedence per winding

• Great first stepper motor, good for small projects and experimenting with steppers
• Built in mounting plate with two mounting holes
• 32 step per revolution; 1/16 reduction gear set
• Flat shaft to easily attach stuff to it with a set-screw