PICStep Drives a Linear Stepper!
Submitted by alan on Fri, 03/12/2004 - 00:00
I took a small webcam video of PICStep driving a 24inch linear stepper motor. Once I figured out how much current I could push through the coils the motor actually is quite strong. I would make an awesome x-axis in a gantry type CNC drilling machine/vinyl cutter as it's mechanical resolution running in 1/8th step mode is quite something (with no possible backlash!). It's fun to think what I'm going to do with this thing!


