Big Stepper Motors with Arduino

[@MohammedAhmed-mi6hg]

Please always remember that each video you made like this, there are thousands of people learning from your great experience. I highly appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best my dear.

[@roadshowautosports]

Well, short of you coming to my house and connecting everything together, I believe you just made it as simple as possible!!! Thank you! You got yourself a new subscriber!!!!

[@omskariyazmaraikayer913]

I dare say that is 'The' place to learn engineering .A fine balance between theory and practice. I wish all teachers were like this. My respect and gratitude to you sir. I really appreciate the graceful ageing you have undergone and how you share this knowledge with the rest of us. Surely age will catch up with us sooner , but to be able to achieve what you do is no simple task. You are truly an inspiring teacher. May God bless you . AMEEN.

[@JageeAgain]

I only just bought some NEMA 17 and 23 motors and a TB6600 controller and very much appreciate your excellent tutorial to help me get started.

[@fxsrider]

I have watched several of your videos. I had an extensive knowledge of electronics that went to waste working for the Boeing company. I did my time. I am diving straight into this stuff to get up to speed. I have several related books courtesy of my librarian wife. They are useful but the videos are just faster to go through and quite specific for a given result. I have some of the components already ordered for my idea. They are due here in two days. Thanks for making such good quality videos! I really appreciate I don't have to rinse some awful background music out with Stevie Ray Vaughan on 11 afterward. You speak clearly and at a tempo that is easy to follow. I'm sure there is considerable effort producing them. It is much appreciated.

[@kevin00861]

Hello Mr. Fxsrider, please if you got an answer, kindly share it with me, @14:41, the connection of the Switch is quite confusing, the ground with the positive, what does the resistor do there, I mean if we activate the switch we would definitely have a short, please help with the right explanation, i really would be very grateful to you

[@camarillojohn]

Thank you for explaining the sequence of operating of the stepper motor, as a novice it helped me a lot. Good to have someone like you to help out. Thx.

[@austinswesey4319]

"Taking some big steps today" ....I see what you did there, and I appreciate it.

[@johnson554671]

0:13 haha, yes I liked his comment too. "We're taking some big steps today"!

[@reshmaislam5708]

Yea ! Took me a few tiks to realise that .

[@shaunbags2]

BOOM! mic drop haha

[@stochioiuconstantin546]

While a total novice with electronics, I understood everything you explained. Much of the information you presented, I was looking for. Thank you!

[@danimal_1814]

Yay ... thanx to your video I have my NEMA23 (hybrid) servo motor with a 2HSS60 operational with the control of an Arduino Uno. I am in the process now to set up the limit switches and connect this to a linear track such that I can dial in a specific speed and create simulation for testing image recognition and machine learning on an overhead camera viewing a section of the track. . Your videos are excellent and your videos and advice helped me understand steppers/servo controls from every aspect. Bravo!

[@TeoMaragakis]

The quality and organisation of your presentation is only surpassed by your teaching skill. Keep up the amazing work.

[@HairyTheCandyMan]

You have THE BEST Arduino channel on KZbin! Thanks for all the videos!

[@itemsofmc3872]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a> you saved my life thank you. i bought a motor without driver and the motor takes 2 and the driver 24 volts and i had no idea how thac could make sense and i was scared to test my mowotor with the driver.

[@habotssar8429]

Hello and thank you very much for your videos!! I just want to remark that the voltage shown by the manufacturer is also quite important since it means that the maximum rms voltage drop per coil must be the specified according to the calculation. It doesn't matter if you use a driver that supports higher voltages since it will have some internal regulator or PWM approach to apply the right voltage to the coil. This is important if you build your own driver. If you apply 12 volts directly to any winding you will burn the motor! The maximum voltage drop means that the maximum current is flowing through!

[@SLCKaled]

I'm retrofitting my old CNC router machine and your video helped me understand a TON about how the components work with each other. I just realized I will need a bigger motor driver THANKS!

[@1611Jens]

I have been watching quite a few videos about electronics and Arduino. I did not find any that has a quality that comes even close to what you are presenting here. I am very thankful and consider this a true motivation to continue my approaches. I also mentioned this on a different occasion. Often video in English appear to be hard to understand for non native speakers. This is absolutely not that case with your videos. You are doing a great job in using very clear language that is easy to understand if you are somewhat familiar with the language!

[@tylerives7410]

This video is insanely well done. Stellar format, excellent content, and concise presentation. Definitely helped me out!

[@julesmarchand2765]

bro is literly the best teacher ever he just did a full semester in 29min

[@colmbrazel]

Thanks really appreciate your video. Your coding instructions did not work until I discovered some stray stranded wires had crossed pins on my Arduino, fixing that, everything worked. Thanks again.

[@columbiabuzz]

Best vid yet that I've seen for steppers with the controller and Arduino. Good job, obviously a new subscriber.

[@mossm717]

Great video, one important thing to note is the max stepper speed for an Arduino uno is limited to 4000 steps/second due to the 16MHZ clock speed.

[@xDR1TeK]

That smirk about bone crushing torque! I would have said it with at least my eyelids wide open. Anyhow, I must admit, these videos are really well made. Very well programmed and designed. Anybody wishing to put more effort in a certain project have all the details here. They would know what I mean when they go out to buy steppers and drivers. One more thing, you remind me of a very loveable character from seasame street. Big love to you to.

[@5Komma5]

Make sure you double check the steps per revolution DIP switches on your driver if your motor does not turn or only turns slowly .... don't ask 😁😁😁 HBS86H with Nema 34 is finally working. Thanks for the video!

[@thunderbolt8582]

As always, you have produced another GREAT video and learning experience. You should be very proud of every video you produce. They are the cream of the crop when it comes to educational videos.

[@larryb4122]

Many, many thanks for all of your knowledge sharing. You are a great teacher! I enjoy all of your videos and deeply appreciate all of your time and effort. Please continue to teach and share. The world needs more good people like yourself!

[@robertschworm6036]

Bill, I have an arduino project here - - I have a 500 gallon pvc plastic water tank in my yard, to a pump, to water drip my yard. I want to measure the water level and alarm if it gets critically low. I also want to disconnect power to the pump to the yard. This is a watter pressure demand pump and turns on when water is called for by opening the hose. The question - - a water level sensor is required, that is non invasive..can not drill into the tank. If there a sensor that can be mounted on the surface of the tank and then with a change of density of the tank shell and water, detect that water is missing at this sensor point? It needs to take into consideration the mass of the plastic shell and water versus just the shell itself ( no water). Love your series and I watch all of them. You explain very well and teach enough theory to tie it all together. Bob - Brecksville, Ohio

[@Lordlytol]

You could try this type of sensor. www.aliexpress.com/item/-/32994484253.html

[@Amipotsophspond]

why don't you just make a stick with two wires one at the "critically low level and one at the bottom of the stick. if the water is too low to connect the wires it turns on the pump. or just use a float valve like we use for farming for feeding animals. goes on when the water drops. maybe I don't get it what you are trying to do.

[@udhar]

Thank you. This is my first stepper motor circuit. Moving to bigger things now

[@FrustratedBaboon]

That is the cleanest an most organized shop I have ever seen. Nice video and great explantion.

[@tracktoo1337]

Curious about the description of doubling the amp rating when half stepping, which seems to make sense as described, but then when the torque specs were shown with the 36V supply rating the amps were still listed as 4.2A. I'm just a little confused. EXCELLENT tutorial for a person new to this. Thank-you.

[@1pcfred]

If you really want to learn about current and stepper motors then I suggest you monitor the current of a running stepper motor. Analog meters work best for this as they average out what's going on. There's a definite trend that can be observed too. The faster a stepper motor runs the less current it draws. This is due to the inductive reluctance of the motor coils. As the step rate increases the window of time to energize the coils decreases. Motor coils are inductive so they resist changes of current occurring. As current drops off so does torque. Power equals Volts times Amps. So when the amps goes down then so does the power.

[@tracktoo1337]

​@@1pcfred Thank-you. I think I understand.

[@nicolasfigueroa4429]

your explanations make me wish I had a professor like you at Uni

[@dieSpinnt]

Definitely a video with torque, thanks Bill. What do you mean about big? Big starts at 100Nm. Joking, big is relative:) In addendum to your great safety advice: Have a kill switch in range when building and playing with your apparatus. And use your brain before that, keep moving parts enclosed and out of range of your fingers or other body parts, best by design. Often, a well thought-out mechanical design can make some electronic frills unnecessary. You'll need all those considerations when using an Arduino for your end product because this is no industrial device. It can't provide latch-up protection of outputs nor a full blown reliable brown-out detection over its complete specs.

[@allengentz7572]

Thanks for the tutorial,looks like we are moving closer to a ESL for the lathe lead screw I am always following.

[@varunbhardwaj2649]

You are very good at demonstrating things , u r a good teacher indeed , thanx for making this video, u cleared most of my doubts .

[@brettfreed1588]

Loved this video! It greatly helped me get my setup which is identical working great. I would love to see this setup activated with only 1 push button switch for on and press again for off. Also having the stepper run based on time like 30 seconds at a push of a button then turn off. Also ignore all switch inputs during the 30 second run. I think this would make a very good video and help a lot of people besides myself! Love the channel! Keep up the great work!

[@kevin00861]

Hello Mr. Brett, please if you got an answer, kindly share it with me, @14:41, the connection of the Switch is quite confusing, the ground with the positive, what does the resistor do there, I mean if we activate the switch we would definitely have a short, please help with the right explanation, i really would be very grateful to you

[@arthurdent8091]

Very informative. After I get a chance to build my 3018 I will come back to your vids. Thanks.

[@marcusjenkins]

Very useful. I've been caught by the ENA input on these large driver modules, assuming that ENA needs to be driven in order to ENABLE the motor, whereas driving that input seems to do exactly the opposite!

[@henrydando]

That's for this video. I'm building a rotary axis for my milling machine for gear hobbing, helical milling, and indexing and while I know what I'm doing with the mechanical build but electrically I've got no clue. I've got myself a NEMA 23 motor and controller as well as an arduino uno.

[@willywonka8730]

Thanks for making the electronics simple and straight forward. I believe i could build a CNC of virtually ANY SIZE with your tutorial.

[@gabi-arnautu]

hello Bill I am learning electronics for a CNC plasma cutter. Torch Height Controller is a bit of a problem to me. I have a lot to learn about CNC in general as an entry level. I could bother you big time for the next few years if you only want me to. I need to learn real stuff not just as a hobby, it is my job already. Your pedagogical teaching style has a big value. waiting , thank you gabi

[@ieeshkumar3021]

Perfect. Your tutorials are very helpful in building confidence of making CNC.

[@StarryNightSky587]

".... Newtonmeters if that means more to you." Yes, it does, because it is a SI Unit, meaning the only units in which engineers should be communicating in. ;)

[@ronald44181000]

I learned more in the past 30 minutes then I have in the past 5 years designing and building a CNC Router. It's too bad that I already bought a higher end Stepper Driver with a builtin Breakout Board. This would have saved me more than a few hundred dollars had it been available 5 years ago. I wish you would explain how to hook up multiple steppers to an Arduino. Then I could troubleshoot my system without having to ship it out of country for diagnostics.

[@nopparuj]

Just hook up more driver to the remaining pins and add another accelstepper object.

[@mattivirta]

cheapen cnc can build arduino cnc shiel 34 motor can controller whit GRBL, but worst only hobby user small system, if need build perfect good cnc need linuxcnc pc controller paraller port or two port cards and controllers, and stepper drivers 5 axis or less, can use 2 paraller port card and 2 controller board, brealoutboards. and stpper driver whit motors. minimum nema24 but better use nema 34 and 80-90 volt handle driver big nema 34 motors about 3-20Nm 4-8A handle drivers. arduino can use controller board but problem have no fast and use pre-history old GRBL controll system. and not can add anything additional tools etc makro etc, many, linuxcnc have only hobby users what can do all what want. make hall file,makro,tools,automatic tools changers etc.

[@UnknownUser-pf9rk]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a> was such a revelation :D I always wondered what that means!

[@sunilwijeratne1620]

Just I started to work with the stepper motor. Its great opportunity for me to startup easily with your explanation. Thank you very much for your information.

[@waylonchan3179]

I appreciate the effort in making the video, the explanation of how the motor and driver operate, and the quality of the guidance for assembly. Some questions about the set-up: How did you choose the resistor? Why did you wire the POT, DIR, and PUL all together and how does the Arduino dictate changes in DIR and PUL? How do you choose a safe power supply given the motor driver and motor?

[@kevin00861]

Hello Waylon, please if you got an answer share it, @16:41, the connection of the Switch is quite confusing, the ground with the positive, what does the resistor do there, I mean if we activate the switch we would definitely have a short, please help with the right explanation, i really would be very grateful to you

[@billmckillip1561]

You have a great style of instruction - methodical, clear and focused. Thanks for your effort.

[@nawanivivek1]

Great video... Complete clarity on hardware and software architecture and clear communication is the best part of this video. Thanks alot... Can you deliver once video on how to design a DC battery bank capacity for the same application instead of a DC power supply? This will hep us on how to select the appropriate V and Ah for the same application and what electical precautions need to be taken while driving at full capacity and what challenges we can face? Will be happy to hear from you.

[@nawanivivek1]

Adding one more point. Also if you can explain us what are the circumstances under which battery burst.

[@easy_engineering_drawing]

Teaching in a very good manner. Understanding the things even i no nothing about stepper motor.

[@stratman1234]

This was a very helpful video and I appreciate how clearly you explain it, including how to read data datasheets.

[@FranklinNewhart]

I have been involved in industrial electronics through years in factory maintenance. I have a good hold on the price of some of this stuff. You must either be involved with someone that supplies you with equipment like this or you are incredibly flush for cash. Not that I am dissing what you are doing. You are doing a fantastic job, but man I would so like to be able to afford some of this stuff.

[@Tensquaremetreworkshop]

Coding issues- in your sketch, you execute the analog read and map function before starting the timing pulses. The read takes ~100uS; as much as both the timing delays at highest speed! Map is also computationally intensive. Better to do the calculation inside the pulse, and subtract the read time from the delay. Map is not really required- reverse the pot polarity, and do pd = 2 * analogRead(spd); Set first delay to pd (it has already taken 100uS to do the read) and the second to pd + 50. Smoother, better range, and less code.

[@bobvines00]

Bill, This is yet another very clear video on what is a difficult topic for some. Keep up the great work!

[@Fulacrus]

I've never heard about AccelStepper library and I discovered because of your video. Thank you.

[@fwbartlett1940]

Hi Bill I recently bought a Nema 23 to power a project that I'm building, I decided to watch your video concerning this product to gain some incite On the motor, but after watching two or three times I then decided to put your information into action but it was then that I noticed the difference between our motors......Mine is a "Closed Loop" motor, you know the one with its brains in the boot. so I am now enquiring of you to shed some light on "Closed Loop stepper motors either in a video or maybe in the newsletter in fact that may be a better solution Looking forward to hearing your suggestions Fred

[@Suicidal122]

Set playback speed to 1.25. Thank me later.

[@nc8379]

Thank you.....

[@Martin-bx1et]

My thanks go to the content provider for an excellent video.

[@LeicaCat]

I watch most videos on KZbin at 2x in order to consume more content more quickly. After doing this for so long, watching any spoken word video at normal speed has become unbearable

[@brandonedwards7166]

perfect!

[@MLFranklin]

I did 1.5x and i twas pretty good, too.

[@jamesgibbs3656]

So happy I landed on you Channel - top quality instructional video! I am subscribed! Thanks

[@fraenkfurt]

There are informative tutorials and those that gonna left you with a great feeling to be perfectly prepared although you gonna put things together for the very first time. You always create the latter ones. Thank you so much. Your techno skills AND your didactic skills are impressive.

[@faniefaze]

The reason a high voltage is used driving a stepper motor is because the supply needs to overcome the back emf generated as a result of the fast switching of the inductors. If the back emf becomes large enough then the motor will not turn, or lose steps since it cannot uphold the torque. At lower speeds and still the high voltage, the controller current limit so the motor's current rating will not be exceeded which will damage the motor. The biggest speed enemy of any frequency driven motor is the rate at which the metal core can be magnetized and then again magnetized in the opposite direction. Amorphous metals are usually used for fast pole changes with the least energy required.

[@adamderbent6986]

Another great video. I really enjoy it. But please, one explanation: button at Arduino pin 2. This is Port D, ch. 2, physically pin 4 at Atmega328. Port B and port D have embedded pull-up resisor. It is enough to call the function and emphasize it INPUT_PULLUP. My question is: why use an external resistor?

[@glewiss6696]

Thanks teacher! I like the way you give all the details. I'm about to look for a stepper motor to control the leadscrew of my mini lathe for threadings. I haven't figured out how I will control in real time the speed of the chuck and the leadscrew using an arduino but this video show me the directions. Not sure how precise those stepper motors need to be to have an accurate value for the cut. I've heard also about hybrid stepper motors that work in close loop. Could it possible to make a video about them? Thanks anyway.

[@thasspongthapsang6769]

You are my best teacher i ever has. Thanks a lot.

[@proventure307]

This explanation is gold. First try, it worked perfectly. Thank You.

[@Paulilmys]

My new favorite youtube channel! Such a great content.

[@jarpekar]

Wish I had a teacher like you :) . You are doing wonderfull job on all of your videos. Greatings from Czech Rep.

[@darkshadow31415]

thanks to KZbin, you do!

[@clkdiv3271]

Mr. Spock explains electronics. Beam me up! Great stuff! Thank you so much.

[@erwinz5926]

watch it a second time after two years. works for me! 👍

[@LiveeviL6969]

Working for a copier company, I have access to hundreds of steppers from harvest or trash machines. Many come with driver boards with discrete IC drivers (SLA7072) that are much like your driver. I'm going to see if I can apply some of the information here to drive these motors.

[@PatnaikUC]

Excellent .. Can you please work on a robotic arm project using such powerful stepper motors

[@FelixSamulevich]

Very informative in detail . Sorry to say for beginners it can be clothier to reality if in explanation was been used three motors .

[@KingTesticus]

That thing looks like it could easily break your wrist. Thumbs up, thanks :-) love your videos!!

[@dalecostich8794]

the mister rogers of electro-mechanics...and i enjoy the heck out of it.

[@ChristianRThomas]

I love the layout of your workshop. I'm going to have to copy some of it; especially having a bench supply built into your desk/shelf.

[@anothermidlifecrisis]

Dude you are so cool. Thank you for doing this for us.

[@gabrielbustamante4917]

Thank you so much for the explanation and for this video! Just saved my electrospinning project!

[@patrickgouardo7604]

Hello, This is an excellent work to help to start ; Thanks for your time in showing all of this. Very good lesson and speach that even a French can ! Many thanks - Patrick

[@bertyjustice4424]

Many thanks for your easy to follow videos.

[@fazlanahmed5657]

Thank You sir , Nice explanation. can you please make a video of using CNC driver with stepper motor controls.

[@Giblet535]

Minor correction: you use holding torque and stall torque interchangeably. Holding torque and stall torque are different values. Stall torque will be less than holding torque, and is not usually given on a spec sheet because it depends on many other factors. Designing dynamic systems around 80% of of rated holding torque is m/l safe for intermittent motion, or less for constant motion. If you try to design a mechanism around the holding torque value, you'll either upgrade the motor because it can't actually haul the load, or because it released its magic smoke and has to be replaced anyway. Take a look at what Trinamic driver chips do to a stepper motor's rated specs. PFM.

[@ScinnerNo1]

"Stall torque will be less than holding torque"? Isn't it the other way around? Holding torque will be less than stall torque. Holding torque = maximum continuous stall torque controlled with a safe amperage rating(will not burn motor). Stall torque = not controlled thus more power(will burn motor).

[@Giblet535]

@@ScinnerNo1 Right. *At a given current*, stall torque will be less than holding torque due to inertia. Whether they're managed by a smart controller or (dumbly?) by power supply limitations, they will be different, and are therefore not interchangeable.

[@abidinakdag658]

The method of expression and visuals are great. Thank you so much.

[@marktompkins3180]

This is insanely valuable teaching!!!

[@avanhouten]

Thank you for all the information, I've learned a lot from you. Now I'm more experienced and I made a real machine with just Arduino and several motor controllers connected to it with cables. The result is a machine that works great and I am busy to make it more professional so that all is on 1 board without tenths of cables connecting it all together. I guess there are "ready made" boards in the market with a microprocessor and, for example, 3 pcs DC motor drivers and 2 pcs stepper motor drivers all integrated? But I can't find this and there are also no videos of it to find. It's all Arduino with separate DC drivers (for just 1 motor), separate stepper drivers, etc. I use for my project NEMA 23 stepper motors and 70W 4500rpm DC motors so it goes beyond most hobby boards. It would be great if you have information where to go to after the Arduino project is successful and what to do next to make it more professional.

[@kevin00861]

Hello Sir, please if you got an answer, kindly share it with me, @14:41, the connection of the Switch is quite confusing, the ground with the positive, what does the resistor do there, I mean if we activate the switch we would definitely have a short, please help with the right explanation, i really would be very grateful to you

[@filipelucciano]

You are blessed, man!! Very useful video and channel. You have one more follower

[@Kmn0219]

NEXT PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON BIG SERVO MOTOR! THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING CONTENT

[@mattivirta]

need add this stepper motor only encoder and encoder A, and B signal out to arduino who code calculate realtime steps and positions.

[@marosakr778]

Thanks soooooooo much for your detailed and informative video. you are a good teacher for the beginners(like me), speaking clearly and slowly. appreciate that...

[@RMarquez805]

Exactly what I was looking for, very helpful in building my milling machine power feed. Thank you your time and effort is appreciated!

[@hdl4259]

Thank you for this very nice and clear explanation, it helped me very well. I am using the same stepper motor Nema23 and it is really powerful. My arrangement is Estelcam via an Arduino Mega and the driver DM516T.

[@ranaimran5387]

Sir I am very thankful for your teaching method.Please keep it up

[@clfung2008]

Very good video ! Clear and to the point step by step ! Thanks for sharing !

[@rusticagenerica]

Sorry bot this video is extremely well made. I confirm we can set the play speed at 2x.

[@a123qwertz567]

Thank you for this tutorial got the Motor moving with just a few tries :) Button ist not correctly working but this is due to wiring I guess.

[@siddharth_pasupuleti]

PROTECT THIS MAN AT ALL COSTS

[@BGP_23]

Thank you for the great tutorial. One request could you use this same setup and sketch to show how you would incorporate a debounce for the button into the system?

[@electronic7979]

Educational and useful video. very nice. I really like.

[@garycotz563]

VERY GOOD topic, I have been wanting to build a welding rotation holder tool. THANK YOU!

[@auzworld]

Your content and presentation & delivery is prefect..... you really nailed everything !! Thanks !! Keep it going !!

[@Greebstreebling]

Consider using a gearbox with your stepper motor for heavy loads, to avoid the motor missing steps and losing positional accuracy. A planetary gearbox allows 'backdriving', which can be useful in some appications, whereas a worm and wheel does not

[@worldpeace1822]

I kind of was expecting it to fly off ...good thing it worked as intended

[@danceswithaardvarks3284]

Great video thanks. Very clearly explained and gave me the information I need to start a project that will use a stepper motor to drive a wood lathe spindle.

[@valeriasolano1050]

Pretty useful tutorial. Thanks for the connection diagram

[@kalerusaikiran6734]

Love you... you helped me solve my project related problem.... ❤️

[@katemoon7476]

Excellent content. I was scratching my head over that 3.6 volts. Why would they list that information and not the full voltage recommendation?