NEMA 23 Stepper Motor

23 August 2019 - 0 Comments

NEMA 23 Stepper Motor

NEMA 23 Stepper Motor Pinout

NEMA 23 is a stepper motor with a 2.3×2.3 inch (58.4×58.5 mm) faceplate and 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 2.8 A at 3.2 V, allowing for a holding torque of 19 kg-cm. NEMA 23 Stepper motor is generally used in Printers, CNC machine, Linear actuators and hard drives.

Pin Configuration

NO.	Pin Name	Wire Colour	Description
1	Wire 1	Black	This motor has four wires terminated with bare leads: Black and Green connected to one coil; Red and Blue connected to other.
2	Wire 2	Green
3	Wire 3	Blue
4	wire 4	Red

NEMA 23 Stepper Motor Specifications

Voltage Rating: 3.2V
Current Rating: 2.8A
Holding Torque: 270 oz. in
Step Angle: 1.8 deg.
Steps Per Revolution: 200
No. of Phases: 4
Motor Length: 3.1 inches
No. of Leads: 4
Inductance Per Phase: 3.6mH

Note: The NEMA 23 stepper motor datasheet can be found at the bottom of the page.

Other Stepper motors

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NEMA 23 Description

NEMA 23 is a high torque hybrid bipolar stepper motor with a 2.3×2.3 inch faceplate. This motor has a step angle of 1.8 deg., this means that it has 200 steps per revolution and for every step it will cover 1.8°. The motor has four colour coded wires (Black, Green, Red & Blue) terminated with bare leads. Black and Green wire is connected with one coil; Red and Blue is connected with other. This motor can be controlled by two H-bridges but it is recommended to use a stepper motor driver.

How to use NEMA 23 Stepper Motor

As mentioned above this stepper motor draws high current so instead of controlling it directly using H-bridges, use an appropriately powerful stepper motor driver. To know how to make this motor rotate we should look into the coil diagram below.

NEMA 23 Stepper Motor coil diagram

As you can see from above diagram this motor has four wires in different colours. This motor can be made to rotate only if the coils are energized in a logical sequence. This logical sequence can be programmed using a microcontroller or by designing a digital circuit.