Microprocessor-based stepping motor driver
Abstract
A versatile stepping motor driver to do beam diagnostic measurements is described. The driver is controlled by a microprocessor and can move eight stepping motors simultaneously. The driver can monitor and respond to clockwise and counterclockwise-limit switches, and it can monitor a 0 to 10 V dc position signal. The software controls start and stop vamping and maximum stepping rates.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979STIN...8022615H
- Keywords:
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- Electric Motors;
- Logic Design;
- Microprocessors;
- Numerical Control;
- Artificial Intelligence;
- Circuit Diagrams;
- Computer Programs;
- Ttl Integrated Circuits;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering