/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/very-strange-ideaOk, I am sure I am not the first perso that has thought of this, but here is a very strange idea.I would need some serious help with it though if anyone if game.Has anyone ever thought of driving a stepper motor with relays instead of transistors?I ken-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/very-strange-ideaFri, 25 Oct 2013 19:56:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f04360ef-f1c4-41f0-afcb-3b165ec22935DAB0<p>Hi Andrew,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You are describing an old style telephone exchange implentation.</p><p>I used to work for GTE in my very young days and relays were all the rage since they were easy to use and the logic was simple.</p><p>The downside was that relay contacts get dirty, especially when they are moving heavy current around.&nbsp; A really big pain to maintain, that is why the telephone industry went digital early.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I agree that you could make a very impressive device that could whirl and click to amuse the observers, but I am not sure I would do anything serious with them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just a thought,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16893&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">