×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Stepper motor controlling

Stepper motor controlling

Stepper motor controlling

(OP)
Hi guys,

Im working a system to rotate a block that stepper motors lend themselves perfectly to (low load, accuracy, etc). I've never had to lay out the entire system, typically I've done the logic and install after those smarter than I have picked the components.

The biggest difference in this case is I need to be able to tell the motor to rotate to a cetain point. From what I've gathered most standalone drivers allow you to program a series of events with pauses and what not. I'm waiting for some details on a few different controllers, but I'd prefer to have a controller with a user interface so I can deliver the system as standalone and plug and play. Does anyone have any recommendations for a controller or a driver with a fairly simple user interface. This system is litterally turning only a block with no need for feedback or separate outputs. Thanks guys.

Jason
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

RE: Stepper motor controlling

Parker-Hanifin Compumotor division has been making useful stepper indexers for years.  Oriental Motor is another.

TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members! Already a Member? Login



News


Close Box

Join Eng-Tips® Today!

Join your peers on the Internet's largest technical engineering professional community.
It's easy to join and it's free.

Here's Why Members Love Eng-Tips Forums:

Register now while it's still free!

Already a member? Close this window and log in.

Join Us             Close