When you write software to control a stepper motor, you must first know how many pulses the motor needs to turn a full rotation. In addition, you need the rotational speed expected by the device ...

Then he found the very affordable 28BYJ-48 stepper motor. After some experimenting, he came up with a smooth moving robot arm with four steppers controlled from an Arduino Mega and A4988 stepper ...

For example, a motor with a torque of 2.3 N m at 500 rpm when used with a 3:1 gearbox will have a 6.9 N m output, but the motor’s rpm will climb to 1,500 rpm to drive the gearbox.

Second, determine the application supply voltage. Then select a stepper with at least twice as much torque as required at the target operating speed, and use a motor rated at about ¼ supply voltage.

The ‘motor’ part of this motor is a carriage with two field windings. It’s an unrolled stepper motor, basically, and could run a 3D printer much faster without as much slop and backlash.

Stepper motors resemble servo motors in that both types are characterized by an ability to rotate a partial turn and then stop for any interval with or without holding torque. In addition, both motor ...

AutomationDirect has added the new Titanio series of stepper drives from Ever Motion Solutions that work with ...

To achieve CNC functionality, machine shops can convert hand-wheel controls to automated controls with stepper motors. The process depends on the machine type and layout … CNC machine centers offer ...