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Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming
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Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming

by Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
891 pages
20h 46m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter 15

Stepper Motors

15.1  Description and Operation

A simple DC motor rotates when a voltage is applied to its terminals; therefore its control is quite simple. Stepper motors, on the other hand, convert electrical pulses into discrete units of rotational movement, which can be controlled independently and without a feedback mechanism. Typically, the shaft or rotor is toothed, while the stator contains several windings that are energized in a specific order. The electro-magnetic attraction of the windings force the alignment of the toothed rotor thus producing rotation. Figure 15-1 is a diagram of a stepper motor with eight windings and six teeth on the rotor.

Figure 15-1  Cross-Section of a Typical Stepper Motor.

The motor of Figure 15-1 ...

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