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Motor from a projector

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Hi,

It's a long shot. Most of you know a famous projector stuffed with a lot of laser diodes what shine on a yellow wheel. The wheel is rotated by a motor. Thus, my question.
What is this motor?
It has seven pins. Some numbers on the cable but nothing googles out. Thnx for any help.
 





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Some type of stepper-motor no doubt. There's a clear section that bypasses the phosphor and these two sections need to be synced with the DMD chip. Reverse-engineering the included driver board, or providing your own stepper motor driver is about the only way to get it running. They don't work off of straight AC or DC.
 
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You would be better off harvesting a DC motor from One-Step Poli. Camera AND there is a nice FSM in it-TOO -

these go very cheap at tag/yard/garage sales etc- I have picked up many and never pay more than 1$.
Those PJ motors look nice and great little size BUT you do not want to waste time.
I throw them away. (lots of them) BUT I keep the Phosphor wheels..
 




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