The [Denki Otaku] YouTube channel took a look recently at some stepper motors, or ‘stepping motors’ as they’re called in Japanese. Using a 2-phase stepper motor as an example, the… ...

Microstepping is most useful when requiring high speeds without exciting resonances on light loads (such as positioning optics). Microstepping eliminates the sudden magnetic “jumps to the next step” ...

The lure of microstepping a stepper motor for precision must be tempered by torque considerations. The lure of microstepping a two-phase stepper motor is compelling. For instance, microstepping a ...

Source: Stepper Motor Technical Note: Microstepping Myths and Realities by Micromo The good news is, that as long as we use a strong enough motor driver, and if we don’t exceed that incremental ...

Microstepping is a major advancement in step motor technology introduced many years ago that allows motors to make finer steps in movement. By manipulating the current vector, microstepping ...

IC has two-line Step and Direction interface and efficient DMOS output. Thomas Rowan, Allegro Microsystems, Worcester, Mass. Most microstepping motor drivers require control lines for DACs to set ...

VREF modulation information is embedded on top of the full-step commutation, resulting in microstepping commutation being applied to the bipolar stepper motor windings. Notice the PHASE information is ...

A new microstepping motor driver IC utilizes the EasyStepper translator for microstepping (one-eighth step) operation. The A3967 motor driver IC complements the company’s stepper ...

The affordability and reliability of step motors—“steppers”—has made this technology highly popular among machine builders in many industries, ranging from electronics to aircraft ...

Motion Control Products Ltd is launching the DMD556 next-generation digital microstepping drive that is claimed to benefit from unprecedented audio noise reduction (by 70%) and smooth low-speed ...

The DMC-30017 stepper motor drive option for the DMC-30000 Pocket Motion Controller series contains a microstepping drive for operating a two-phase bipolar stepper motor. The drive produces 256 ...