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see https://github.com/zhcong/ULN2003-for-ESP32
 
see https://github.com/zhcong/ULN2003-for-ESP32
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= Description =
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A stepper motor is a motor where the turning can be controlled in steps.
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Our motor has about 508 steps for 360° (the motor itself has 64 steps but there is a gear train on top)
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= How to connect it electrically =
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== Required Module and Files ==
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* We use '''[https://www.sketching-with-hardware.org/files/Stepper.py Stepper.py]'''
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* this is downloaded from https://github.com/zhcong/ULN2003-for-ESP32
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* the original file is at https://github.com/zhcong/ULN2003-for-ESP32/blob/master/Stepper.py
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* this is based on: https://github.com/IDWizard/uln2003 by (c) IDWizard 2017,MIT License.
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= How to control it in MicroPython =
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<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
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import Stepper
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from machine import Pin
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In1 = Pin(32,Pin.OUT)
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In2 = Pin(33,Pin.OUT)
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In3 = Pin(25,Pin.OUT)
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In4 = Pin(26,Pin.OUT)
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s1 = Stepper.create(In1,In2,In3,In4, delay=10)
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s1.step(509,-1)
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s1 = Stepper.create(In1,In2,In3,In4, delay=1)
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s1.step(509)
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</syntaxhighlight>
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= Related Tutorial Videos =
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<youtube>PEKjvD1uQe4</youtube>

Revision as of 16:53, 30 August 2020

see https://github.com/zhcong/ULN2003-for-ESP32


Description

A stepper motor is a motor where the turning can be controlled in steps.

Our motor has about 508 steps for 360° (the motor itself has 64 steps but there is a gear train on top)


How to connect it electrically

Required Module and Files


How to control it in MicroPython

 1 import Stepper
 2 from machine import Pin
 3 
 4 In1 = Pin(32,Pin.OUT)
 5 In2 = Pin(33,Pin.OUT)
 6 In3 = Pin(25,Pin.OUT)
 7 In4 = Pin(26,Pin.OUT)
 8 
 9 s1 = Stepper.create(In1,In2,In3,In4, delay=10)
10 
11 s1.step(509,-1)
12 
13 s1 = Stepper.create(In1,In2,In3,In4, delay=1)
14 
15 s1.step(509)



Related Tutorial Videos

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