Stepper Motor Controller

[SurvivalGrounds]

Thumbs up if you want this guy to make more videos explaining motor control and electronics!

[leoharvey04]

hi, sir james.. can u help me? how to control the stepper motor using parallel port

[lociz1]

@leoharvey04 are u kidding? what makes u think he wud explane a complicated operation like this... first u need software and then the correct hardware

[sayanmudi]

@lociz1 

[REKHAGORDE]

stepper

[asadraza146]

email me.......... where is ur email address papajames..

i need to talk to u...

[AllPro777]

HLDSK is an asshole with poor social skills, typical of lame nerds.

[Intosia]

Didnt know about the MC3479, thanks for the tip :)

[sitehost]

Thanks for the Video.. I am curious as to the best software to use.. I am creating my own CNC machine.. any suggestions... for a Newbie...

[1pcfred]

@sitehost Best is so subjective, OK no it isn't. Use EMC2!

[mimpdaddy]

That was cool. Can you increase the torque.

[h4xm4n]

Cool video - thanks :)

[mechanisma22]

I looked at the datasheet schematic and tried what I thought to be right but the motor doesn't move. I'm using these chips and a 5V stepper running at 7V which is the min of the chip. Do I need all the pins connected or tie the ones I don't need to ground? Do you have a picture of your schematic I can check out?

[Aev308]

can't find schematic post

[SmUlTr1nG]

Are you into cnc type of work?

[696630665]

good work

[vkgoku2012]

You can use a 556 timer instead of 68HC11.

[Tplkkvkk]

wat

[breezebro]

I've always wondered why someone makes a video like this and then not respond to comments.

What is their purpose? It seems to be "wow, look at me, but screw you".

[HLSDK]

No, youtube is not for learning. This man doesn't have time for your questions, all of these questions are a simple google search away. Stop being lazy

[breezebro]

HLSDK, who says YouTube is not for learning? What makes you think I haven't searched and learned about stepper motors? Just because I expect a video to be worth watching and the creator to respond to comments doesn't make one lazy. A YouTube search is just as valid as a Google search.

[natalielatif]

@breezebro Oh Your so clever brian!

[breezebro]

@natalielatif

I am clever, but I am not Brian.

[createniks]

YouTube is the best place to learn.

There are training videos galore.

YouTube University 2010

[antiguerra]

??? the best univercities in the world have free lectures here in youtube, and y saying is not for learning !!!

[orion1077]

@HLSDK

everything is for learning

[nkaati]

@HLSDK Funny, youtube is one of the best resources for learning by experience, pretty much hands on visual aid for any types of learning, Not only that but there are many lectures I have watched here and talked to the professors afterwards.

He had enough time to make the video didn't he...

[rodstartube]

lol

[riffraff60]

has anyone got the schematics he mentions in the video, I messaged him, but he ignored it

[bfdpowers]

Just google "MC3479" and read the datasheet. It'll tell you how to hook it up.

[jrjon12]

hi, I'm apart of a science fair and i need some help. in the science fair i have to make a car that will go 5 to 10m and then stop. the car has to be self contained and run off 4 batteries(6v) or a battery pack(4.8). now i have been looking at micro controllers but i also want to look at other ways to do this. the way i go has to be cheap and not pricey like under $150 or so. any help is appreciated.

[sunil4a0]

Hi Mr James

this is sunil, saw your video.very impressed by that.can u please provide more information on the steper motor drivers and their necessity. actually i am doing a project on robotics and need a stepper motor for precision turning. so could u please provide information.

[togaida]

Hi, Papajames (respecting my elders) I really enjoyed you video, for a short video it was quite informative, but I wonder could you share the schematics of the chip as shown behind you?

[kiranshadow]

Hi Mr James

I saw your video. Very impressed by that. Can you please explain the coding of the push buttons to turn the motor clockwise and anticlockwise direction

[jhonny227eee]

hello Mr.James,

this is jhonny can u please send me in which site i can download stepper motor pdf books so that i can learn robotics perfectly.

My intrest is robotics iam am electrical engee..

I hope u will help me out...

Thanks.

Bye bye...

[bendsbucs8]

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A pleasant day sir James,

We had a project just as of now im studying in the Philippines. We are having trouble regarding on how to control two stepper motors and one solenoid. Our two major problems are on how to make the logical circuits and the programing language that we will be using to control those 2 motors 1 solenoid and a webcam in just one application.

Please help us we really need guidelines.

[campbellhyde08]

where do you teach robotics at?

[smokeandlightning]

This guy says "uh" and "umm" entirely too much, particularly for an instructor. I could only handle 3-1/2 minutes before I had heard nearly 50 "uh" and "umm"s.

[eazdeath]

Hey!...Nice:)...i've jus strted with robotics...can u plz mail me a driver ckt for a 8051 microcontroller based stepper motor

[trikzz]

hmm... ur cool

[niabenaur]

Hi, how many formats or methods are there of driving steppers?, What works easily and cheaply of an IBM desktop PC running windows or DOS?

[mathewbailey08]

Some of the 35 mm Kinoton theatre projectors have a stepper motor which drives the intermittent sprocket instead of a Maltese cross mechanism.

[michaela1129]

Hi,

Your Amazing man!!!

Can I have an email how to learn about this stuff?

I am planning to make a cnc router.

Thanks

[jefferson987]

Very nice video. I'm just learning all about basic electronics and programming PIC's for different projects. It's just a hobby though so 90% of what I'm learning is self taught, so your video was very helpful.

[sciencectn]

You should look at the arduino development board if you're ready to move on to something a bit more powerful.

[asiguere]

Dude, i'm an electronics engineer and i always HATED when i had a project in which i had to control a stepper motor using a PIC!!!!

I hated that so much that i've forgot all about PIC programming....and now i'm afraid of PIC's!!! :((((

like i wake up in the middle of the night covered in cold sweat

[1995bisquick]

Is this simular to what controls the variable speed blower in my gas furnace?

[ratgod]

I completed my first stepper motor circuit today, its based on a PIC18F2582 with a HA13421 controller which was taken from an old 5.25" drive. To keep it simple I have paired it up with the same stepper it was driving in the drive. anyone used this controller chip before? I only have the datasheet to work off.

[tiger2380]

I also working on a PIC control robot, for my computer engineering senior design project, that using stepper motor to steer and DC motor to drive the robot.

[Jimmypage512]

Very well done. Thanks alot for sharing this with us!

[mallemang]

Hello...I also teach stepper motors and really enjoyed watching your presentation. In our lab we use the L293 as the driver chip. This way the students have to deal with the codes in their programs and have to deal with array indexing, modulus etc. I'm going to have them "compare & contrast" our approach with yours....thanks,...Mark Allemang.

[hankfletcher]

That's a great video! I'd love to see more - I'm absolutely new to steppers, and I was surprised to find out you only needed 350mA to run the one in your video. Thanks for sharing!

[vahexa]

nice presentations. very detailed...

[Tex4u]

Hey James, Nice production. I have been playing with a basic stamp for a little while now. I appreciate you putting something worth watching on youtub. Keep up the good work. Frank

[greenfinger2000]

Hi James,

Very nice. What was that neat led board you had on the bread board. My LEDs and resistors go all over tehplace and that looks neat. Also did how didyou wire the LED's on the drive lines to the stepper motor. I presume they were in parallel, but i can't see from the vid.

Again, very nice.

Diarmuid

[FlyByPC]

Interesting demo. I've been working with PIC microcontrollers, but haven't yet worked with stepper motors. Maybe after finals... 8-)