Who know's an unexpensiv​e stepping motor incl. controller​?

Hi,
I'd like to realize a stepping-motor project and I'm therefore looking for the hardware necessary. It's logical that I need a motor and a controller. Because I use a Laptop I need an external controller. I would like to control it via RS232 or USB.
You have to know that I'm a student and therefore don't earn much money and would prefer unexpensive hardware (max. 100€). My investigations about this unfortunately resulted in very expensive hardware.
I would be very grateful if someone could tell me an unexpensive resource for such hardware including a stepping motor and a controller, which can be easily controlled using LabView 8.2.
Many thanks in advance for your help,
Ulrich
Message Edited by ulrichmayer on 11-25-2007 03:07 PM

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