Stepper motors are rugged, reliable, cheap, and easy to control devices that produce high torque at slow speeds. They are used in a variety of applications and equipment, including machine tools, ...
If you want a simple and easy introduction to stepper motors, check out the [IMSAI Guy]’s short video where he designs a very basic stepper motor controller and packs in a lot of quick lessons ...
Opening up the control allows for interesting applications, such as motors that behave like mass spring damper systems, or electronically gearing the input of one stepper to the output of another.
Afterwards, you will have lessons on AC motor control components and systems, both manual and automatic ... We will discuss shunt wound, series wound, compound wound, servo, stepper, and torque motors ...
In half-step drive / control, one winding is energized and then two windings are energized alternately ... Some of the more common communication standards for stepper motor systems are Ethernet, RS232 ...