Re: Hard drive motor

+ 12 VDC, + 5 VDC, and a viable controller card with the imbedded EPROM, etc
for that particular drive. Then have it connected to a motherboard or
similar pcb that will provide the appropriate commands, either via a MPU or
a programmed PIC. The motor itself will probably require a pulse width
modulated DC voltage properly applied to the numerous coils.
"ehsjr" <ehsjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I was given an *old* CompaQ laptop with a bad hard drive.
> I pulled the drive, and intend to play with the motor,
> once I disassemble the drive. What kind of motor is it?
> What do I need to do to run it? The connection is much
> smaller than a regular hard drive, if that's any help.
>
> Ed


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