The Raspberry Pi in general (and the Zero W model in particular) are wonderful pieces of hardware, but they’re not entirely plug-and-play when it comes to embedded applications. The user is on the ...

Adjust the phase current, crank up the microstepping, and forget about it — that’s what most people want out of a stepper motor driver IC. Although they power most of our CNC machines and 3D printers, ...

Texas Instruments (TI) enhanced its high-performance stepper motor-driver familu with the addition of three new devices for 24-V stepper motors. Two devices offer TI's patented AutoTune™ technology to ...

Toshiba’s active gain control (AGC) technology for regulating the circuit that drives stepper motors, increasing its efficiency and reducing the motor energy consumption. Because of the widespread use ...

Stepper motors are now being used more frequently in industrial environments. Increased performance and reduced size make them increasingly attractive, and their application is no longer limited to ...

One constant trend in the automotive world is the push to reduce the size of electronic components and electronic control units (ECUs). While this development has many benefits for car manufacturers ...

Kevin Teresa based in Switzerland has created a new open source stepper motor driver board with 6A / phase and 48V capabilities enabling it to drive a wide variety of stepper motors from NEMA 17 to ...

Electronic enthusiasts may be interested to know that a four axis stepper motor driver designed specifically for “creative coders” is now available from the Crowd Supply website. The STEP400 is ...

Know the four most common microstepping myths. Myth 1: A high microstep count will result in evenly spaced steps at that count. Microstepping is good for smooth motion. However, having a 256 microstep ...

BD63730EFV is a low-power motor driver that drives load by PWM current. Rated power supply voltage of the device is 36 V, and rated output current is 3.0 A. The input interface are interchangeable ...

Oriental Motor is pleased to announce the arrival of the EtherNet/IP communication protocol to the αSTEP AZ Series AC Input stepper motor drivers. This new EtherNet ...

Here is an example of a bipolar stepper motor. (Source: pixabay.com) In this article, we are talking about bipolar stepper motors as they are by far the most likely to be encountered by an engineer ...