Questions tagged [stepper-driver]
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Can you control the speed of a DC motor with a stepper motor controller?
I want to make an RC car and for that I need to control speed. Can I use a stepper motor controller to do this?
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Stepper Motor spinning twice when should be spinning once
I'm trying to make a stepper motor spin exactly 90 degrees. There are 200 steps for one spin but when I do this it spins twice.
I am using the L293D motor driver (Found here), with a Creality 42-40 ...
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Why is stepper motor jittering when approaching body part near driver until I touch the motor?
I am controlling a Nema17 stepper motor with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 using an A4988 stepper motor driver.
When my python program finishes, the motor (which has still power) doesn't move, has I expect.
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CL57T stepper driver not working in closed loop mode
I've bought https://www.ebay.de/itm/393715526356 CL57T with NEMA 23 and it works well in open-loop mode but in closed-loop it goes into 7-blink error mode.
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Closed loop stepper with unshielded wires
I've bought a closed-loop stepper from a somewhat reputable manufacturer but was surprised to see 2 things:
Power cable is MUCH shorter than the signal cable (they both go to the same place - driver)
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Zero-Crossing Detector Circuit for a PWM-Generated Sine Wave
Given this PWM,
How to detect a zero crossing without a dual-voltage supply? There is only VCC and GND.
I've tried using a low-pass filter approach, but the PWM frequency is not guaranteed to be ...
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MotionKing 17H2A Stepper Motor with BigEasy Driver not working. Making noise, but not turning!
I'm trying to make the MotionKing 17H2A stepper motor to work with my BigEasy driver and Arduino Feather 32u4 LoRa.
It's just making some noise, and not turning around.
This is the diagram for the ...
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TMC5160 stepper driver - one phase seems to be offset and clipped
I am using the TMC5160 stepper driver with a stepper motor. I am configuring it in SPI mode from an STM32F4. I used the sample commands from the datasheet on page 116 (section 23 getting started) with ...
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Is it possible and safe to switch between the motors when required?
I want to control a two phased stepper motor in an application, so I chose this driver. There is also a requirement for a brushed DC motor in the application. I want to save space eliminating an extra ...
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How to "debug" a DVR8824 stepper driver board?
I am trying to control a stepper motor following a description. I have the exact same elements.
I do not have any tension on the down-right pins (they are supposed to be 5V and power the RPi).
I ...
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Is there a concept of "rotor is blocked" feedback in a stepper motor?
I am building a mechanism to move a lever via a stepper motor controlled by a Raspberry Pi (following this tutorial) and I will be using a Stepperonline HS1715 motor.
I can estimate the angle I will ...
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Can't drive stepper motor (42BYG) with a Raspberry Pi
The end goal is to make a chess board that moves the pieces by itself with help of a plotter. We already got most of the software. We only need to make the plotter work but we are having trouble with ...
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Can I control a TMC2300 with ONLY the UART interface?
I'm trying to design a board to drive some small stepper motors. They each take a phase current of about 180 mA. I want to try the TMC2300.
In the datasheet it says it is controled by either the dir/...
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DM542 driving Nema17 controlled by a Teensy 4.1, random stepper stalls
I am trying to drive 4 Nema17 stepper motors using 4 DM542 drivers, controlling them using a teensy4.1. The step and direction signal is level shifted to 5V, the DM542 are powered using a separate 48V ...
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How to translate a connection (Step Motor Driver)?
I am following this connection to get a driver to an Arduino and a step motor. The original connection is this:
Green wire --> Step
Blue wire --> DIR
Red wire --> +5V
My driver, However, has ...
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