A previous article (Standard Step-Motor Driver Interface Limits Performance) on step-motors berated open-loop stepping and the desperate methods used to avoid missed steps and acceleration limitations ...

For maximum efficiency, the boundary conditions of the complete electro-mechanical system should be mapped During the optimization of a stepper-motor-based motion control system design an engineer ...

The SMC-32 stepping motor controller/driver can control four-, six-, or eight-lead, two/four-phase stepping motors with currents up to 3 A per phase. Measuring only 4 by 3.75 by 1.5 in., the unit ...

Latest Addition to Juno IC Family Provides Ultra-Smooth, Quiet Motor Operation with Advanced Current Control and Safety Features Specifically for Step Motors The Juno Step Motor Control IC 56-pin VQFN ...

Step motor control offers a powerful alternative in the right applications. Step motors are popular first and foremost because they are easy to use. They do not require an encoder to maintain their ...

Not missing a beat: Here we take a look at why open-loop steppers lose steps, as well as some solutions to the problem. As in the below) half-stepping produces eight steps per electrical rotation — ...

Extending the company’s bipolar stepper motor control family are two SPI versions of a motor driver capable of peak currents up to 800 mA and suitable for use with an external microcontroller. The ...

Responding to the demand for broadening the communication capacities of one of the corporation’s most popular controllers, SMC´s Direct Input Step Motor Controller is now available in three additional ...

As previously mentioned, the feedback sensors include position sensors to track the rotor’s location, current sensors to measure the motor phase currents, voltage sensors to monitor the DC bus voltage ...

The primary feature of stepper motors is listed right within their name: their ability to ‘step’ forwards and backwards, something which they (ideally) can do perfectly in sync with the input provided ...