Using a 2-phase stepper motor as an example, the stepper motor is taken apart and its components explained. Next a primer on the types and the ways of driving stepper motors is given, providing a ...

The testing-contraption to the left is a NEMA 17 stepper motor attached to an encoder. With the hardware set up and the software working as supposed, I ran a few sanity tests: toggling parameters ...

The new Festo CMMT-ST servo drive starter kit for control engineers and programmers offers a smart, low-cost way to learn how to commission and size Festo's multiprotocol family of servo drives that ...