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Stepper motor jittering
I'm trying to make nema17 stepper motor work using ramps1.4 and a4988 driver . But when i'm trying to rotate motor it spins with almost no torque and constant shaking.
Motor 2-phase nema17 , Step ...
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Sinusoidal motion of a stepper motor
I was looking to run a stepper motor in a sinusoidal manner i.e. Asin(wt+c). I am unable to change the amplitude of motion. How do I implement this? I am currently unable to change velocity (Awcos(wt+...
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Most efficient method to turn a gear extremely slowly?
I have a gear that needs to have roughly one rotation per day. It does not have to be smooth or consistent. So far, the best I have come up with is to have a stepper motor with an arduino that ...
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stepper motor doesn't work
I removed a bipolar stepper motor (4 wires) from an old dvd writer and I connected it to an arduino nano. I know that I need a stepper motor driver (H-Bridge) to make it work but after some search (...
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Arduino and industrial stepper driver
For a project I need to use an industrial stepper driver with an arduino. There it is: http://www.omc-stepperonline.com/bipolar-stepper-motor-driver-max-4a-current-40vdc-input-16-subdivision-st6600-p-...
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Stepper motor release L298N [closed]
I'm Driving a stepper using a L298N driver and an arduino mega. I want to release the stepper after the movement so it can swing freely, because it gets hot, and it doesn't need to hold position.
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How can I use stepper for specific degree?
I use Arduino and I'm beginner. I use the code below, but I don't understand what stepper.step(num) and STEPS in Stepper stepper(STEPS, 2,3,4,5) are, and I want to use stepper for specific degree and ...
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HCSR04 Sensor without delay
I've made a code to make a stepper work together with a HCSR04 sensor. The problem here is that the sensor has to use a delay in order to work. This delay messes with the smootness of the stepper.
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How fast can I drive a stepper motor? [closed]
I have a 28BYJ 48, 5V stepper motor. After some trial and error I got it working with the all the sample examples in Arduino IDE.
However when I increase the speed of the motor using setSpeed() ...
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Problem controlling a Stepper motor with AccelStepper in arduino uno
I have an Arduino connected to a stepper motor with an Easy Driver. I want for the stepper motor turn to a coordinate point. I wrote a simple program in Visual Studio that sends a coordinate point to ...
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Stepper motor with HCSR-04 sensor
I want to make a stepper motor increase and decrease speed working with a HCSR04 sensor. The idea is that if the sensors detects an object the stepper motor is going to decrease, and stop as close as ...
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Stepper speed control using the Accelstepper.lib
I am trying to understand the Accelstepper.lib to control a stepper motor.
For starters I want an easy code which lets my stepper motor run at a constant speed.
I have found the functions included ...
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AccelStepper either positive or negative position
I am trying to make a cnc sketch using AccelStepper library; I am using Visual Basic 2008 to the g code sender and I complete the program and I used serial port to connect to the Visual Basic program ...
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Ensuring specific frequency at specific time?
I, at the moment am trying to come up with a simple way where I can program an Arduino to provide a step signal with a given frequency, at a specific time.
The frequency has to be ramped up, and ...
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Interfacing a stepper motor with arduino
I am having issues with interfacing my stepper motor, connected to a control board being this one
For some reason am I not able to move it, unless I remove the enable signal. I can change the ...
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Make a stepper motor move
I am at the moment trying to make a bipolar stepper motor move.
I am interfacing it through a control board, which takes the input Step, Dir, En, and 5V.
I am providing those input signal via an ...
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Generate the step signa for running a stepper motor
I am the moment trying to make a stepper motor run, aren't that sure what kind of signal i should provide the Step pin of my control board.
I read somewhere that a simple PWM would make it make it ...
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How do i test whether my code fulfills the timing requirement?
I at the moment trying to interface to an stepper motor control board - (ST330-V3)
I wrote the code, but aren't sure how i should test it. Is there someway i could scope it, such that also can be ...
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Stepper motor shield compatibilty question
I recently bought Adafruit's motor shield v2 only to find out it can only support upto 12v.
So I'm on the look out for another shield & found this one
Arduino Dual L6470 Stepper Motor Shield
I ...
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Arduino - stepper motor wrong steps number
I just bought a new stepper motor ( 400 steps for revolution, 0.9°/step) and I would like make a turn of 180° by 200 steps, but it doesn't work as aspected.
It looks like the motor needs only 110 ...
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Keeping track of the number of rotations of a stepper motor
Using the stepper.h library in Arduino IDE, how can we control the number of rotations the motor has to move?
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Steppermotor+Arduino Mega+ Adafruit
I have 2 Stepper Motors (QMot stepper motor1 Amp, 5.3Ohms, 5.3 volts and 200 steps/rev.)
, which are connected to the Adafruit shield2.4, they are mounted to Arduino Mega, the motors pull generally 2 ...
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Stepper motor PID control Loop
So I am writing a code that takes a tilt and Pan value from an external source and the moves two stepper motors. I have written this simple code:
#include <AccelStepper.h>
AccelStepper ...
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Arduino Serial Communication Fast Protocol
I am sending data to Arduino from Raspberry PI using USB Serial communication at 115200 baudrate to run two stepper motors in real time.Protocol defined is of format < motor1Angle,motor2Angle >....
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Nema 17 running at 6V DRV8834
Helo I am running SM-42BYG011-Nema 17(https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Robotics/SM-42BYG011-25.pdf) using DRV 8834 at 6V supply whereas datasheet says 12 V.this is to save motor from over heating ...
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Stepper Motor Button Press
I am having difficulties programming what should be a simple sketch that gets my stepper motor to run at one step per second indefinitely at the press of a button and then stops at the press of ...
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Shield L6474 and motor equiped with a reducer
I use a motor shield based on the L6474 and this library. My motor is equiped with a reducer and i want to use the function SetHome(uint8_t shieldId) but is it going to record the position of the ...
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Stepper Motor Inconsistency
I am working on a project where my task is to control two stepper motor precisely based upon commands received from serial port. I am using Arduino Uno with DRV8834 motor controller. For Zero ...
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creating object of another class when initializing an object of a class
Here's what I want to achieve:
I'm building a class for controlling step motors. In that class I want to have a method called "init". In that method I'd like to create an object of class Tone, which I'...
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motor does not move without Serial.println
having strange behavior with motor shield and steppers. when i'm trying to make onestep, motor just makes some high-frequent noise, but when i add Serial.println for debugging, it moves as intended.
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Bizarre behavior, loop function affects setup function
I've connected two stepper through two uln2003 chip. And wrote a small class to control them.
The class works perfectly and I'm able to control the steppers (rotate the CW and CCW).
My main code ...
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How to run stepper motor at its maximum speed
I am running a stepper motor using arduino and IC l293d. What is the maximum possible speed of rotation that I can achieve with the IC and what should be the applied voltage for the same? Earlier, I ...
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TMC26XMotorTester:44: error: 'TMC26XStepper' does not name a type
I am working with a TOS-100 Stepper Driver Shield and am attempting to use the pre-written TMC26XMotorTester/Motor/Serial set of files to make it work.
I unzipped the files, copied the TMC26XStepper ...
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How to rewrite code in millis?
I am currently working on a project that makes a plateua move back and forth using a stepper motor. On this plateau I have attached LEDs that create patterns.
However, the plateau should be moving ...
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80 Apple Homebuttons and a steppermotor [closed]
I am graduating in a month and I want to make an installation with 80 apple homebuttons which are connected to a stepper motor. The idea is that each button that is pressed, turns the stepper motor ...
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Trying to control stepper motor using 555 IC and Arduino [duplicate]
I have been searching for cicuit diagrams or something like that, that allows me to run a stepper motor using the 555 Timer IC. I cant order a L298 H-Bridge because its not available where I live. An ...
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Running 5V Stepper
So I have bought a 5V "Duinotech" stepper motor with controller recently for a project and have got around to programming it.
The controller is plugged into the Arduino Uno like so:
lN1 = pin 8;
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Using Blynk to control stepper motor is jerky
I am using Blynk to try and control a 28byj-48 stepper motor using the ULN2003 driver and an Arduino UNO from my iphone via USB withe the iOS Blynk App.
Without using Blynk, my stepper is smooth and ...
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Reuse Makerbot SMD-2.3 Stepper Driver with Arduino [closed]
I'm building a small 2-axis CNC machine. For this purpose I want to use parts from an old Makerbot 3D printer. I've taken out the stepper motors and they're working perfectly with an Arduino and an ...
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DVD drive stepper motors with polulu a4988 on Arduino
I am new to arduino, I started learning about it today and i'm stuck. I ripped out a small stepper motor from an old DVD drive. I got a polulu a4988 driver and I have wired it up as follows:
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A4988 stepper motor driver, arduino UNO and Haydon linear actuator
I bought a Haydon LC1574W linear actuator for a small project I'm working on. I have an A4988 Pololu stepper motor driver, is it possible to control the Haydon linear actuator using this stepper motor ...
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Can I prevent the Stepper library from holding the motor?
I'm using the Stepper library to control a single stepper motor. When the Arduino is not running the motor it is holding the motor shaft in place. For my application, this is very wasteful and puts ...
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Controlling Enable Function on MicroStepper Driver
I'm having trouble using the ENABLE pin on my microstepper driver, I'm not sure of the exact model but it looks exactly like the one pictured here
Microstepper Driver
Here's my code:
#define ...
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Can't make my stepper motor run clockwise and counterclockwise with AccelStepper Library
I'm relatively new to arduino thus need your help to figure out why my stepper motor doesn't rotate clockwise and counterclockwise. All I could do was to make it rotate only in one direction.
Here is ...
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Problem controlling a Stepper motor with AccelStepper
I have an Arduino connected to a stepper motor with an Easy Driver as follows:
I am controlling the position of the stepper motor using the Serial. This is my code:
#include <AccelStepper.h>
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How many stepper motors can a motor shield control? [closed]
I have an application that calls for controlling two stepper motors. One motor does a constant speed scan, while the other would kick in at certain scanning positions of the first motor.
Can this be ...
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Troubleshooting duplicate libaries (Arduino motor shield and stepper motor)
I have tried a software. It work flawless on the first laptop in a fresh install arduino IDE environment with the libraries I imported.
However when I copy the exact same program over. I get lot of ...
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Motors settings
I'm trying to build my own 3D printer with a guide but I've got a problem with two of my CD/DVD motors: I don't know which settings to set in Marlin (configuration.h) because I can't find any ...
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Stepper Motor not Stepping Properly
I have an Arduino Uno connected to the Adafruit Motorshield v2. I have it hooked up to a stepper motor(27BYJ-48). I am trying to make the motor do one complete revolution. However, the number of steps ...
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I2C Master-Slave Arduino system to control array of steppers
trying to make a system where one master Arduino makes moving 9 steppers 28BYJ-48 by 3 stepper on each slave arduino.
While all the parts on their way to me, wonder to check with professionals.
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