Stepper Motors and Arduino - The Ultimate Guide

[@HowToMechatronics]

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[@vidhanherpalani705]

can you pls make Arduino coding tutorials from basics to advance

[@k33501]

Have you made a video regarding the bigger stepper motors and drivers?

[@greendsnow]

Hi! Where's your dedicated tutorial for nema 23 and 34 drivers?

[@weltro]

can we use stepper motors with rc controller?

[@tomasblazek8531]

Thank you for this video. I am also looking forward to the next video on the larger stepper motors. One thing I would like to praise the most is the fact that you have tried to explain controling of stepper without libraries. In my opinion it is very important to know how things works before inplementing them. Please keep up working, you are helping many curios minds to create new inventions a creations. Best regards one young Enginner

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad to hear it, thank you!

[@vinxmod793]

Well Done. I feel many people would enjoy seeing your suggestion of a Video Tutorial for Larger Stepper motors like the NEMA 23 and NEMA 34 as you mentioned. Thank You for taking the time to make these videos.

[@greendsnow]

I wish I watched this video for the first thing I started my robot arm project. This is so detailed and comprehensive...

[@JanTec3D]

Thank you so much for these videos. I‘m a mechatronics engineering student and while we mostly do theoretical electrical and mechanical engineering at university, your videos help me a lot for my personal projects! Currently working on a DIY tensile test using two stepper motors and a load cell.

[@HowToMechatronics]

So glad to hear it, thanks! I wish you good luck! 😀

[@RandomMakingEncounters]

Exactly what I was looking for! I’m working on a camera slider and was relying on some existing code that wasn’t really meeting my needs. This information gives me the foundational information to build a bit more from the ground up!

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad to hear it! Have fun building that camera slider. Check my DIY camera slider video , it's a bit older project but still it could be helpful. Cheers!

[@Yosemite_Sam]

Further feedback/comment. The 3 axis stepper Antenna Tuning Unit is now turning all 3 devices backwards and forwards using adaptations of your excellent sketches. Learning by doing (and correcting my mistakes whilst learning) and using your tutorials has worked for me. Still a long way to go. Again thank you. Cheers from OZ.

[@johnkidd1694]

Do I take your comment to mean that you built a 3 axis antenna tracker, say, for satellite tracking? I would love to know how you did it. That is a dream project of mine.

[@shanijagatiya9675]

Best video to understand about stepper motors, sir. I love your work 😘👌🫂🫂

[@PhG1961]

Excellent video and very well explained/documented.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Many thanks!

[@TheSquire101]

Oh my God thank you very much. I've been wondering why my setup wasn't working with my TMC 2209 until I saw your wire from EN to ground. Thank you.😊

[@vikramsaini5605]

Bro did it worked using tmc 2209

[@momentsbruh5088]

Thank you very much, i’m doing a project with 2 stepper motors and your video help alot. Looking for your new video 🎉

[@Yosemite_Sam]

Very professional tutorial with narration correctly pitched to people learning at basic level. I learnt a lot. I am making a 3 stepper impedance matching unit for antennas. 3 x Nemer 23 TB6600 for current and Arduino Uno. Your advice on Arduino library is very useful. Cheers from OZ.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@k33501]

Hi Dean, does your motors run loud? I added a laser setup to my machine with the ardruino, cause my controller don't support a laser.

[@Yosemite_Sam]

@@k33501 Happy 2023. Your steppers may make a noise during operation if the settings are not the optimal combination. So the current setting and the Pulse/rev settings can conflict with the sketch itself. I had to experiment a lot.

[@k33501]

@@Yosemite_Sam Thank you Dean, I'll play around with the settings. All of the best for 2023 :)

[@navid9852]

Best tutorial on stepper motor drivers ever! Very comprehensive.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Thank you!

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Thank you so much! I'm brand new to all of this and trying to build a motorized/automated monitor stand for my sim rig. This video was super clear and easy to follow and I feel like I can go make it happen now, although I still have to figure out the WiFi connection piece. I'll be searching your channel for info on that.

[@davidhryhoryev696]

Thank you so much for this video, and for your high precision while describing the video 😄 it helped me really a lot

[@adamoulegion1382]

Thank you for the video. This has helped me a lot in understanding stepper motors and how they work.

[@aaron6516]

Where have you been my whole life!!! Man super sweet tutorial!!!

[@HowToMechatronics]

haha, thanks!

[@veerasaijoshikunnam245]

Hey, I was wondering why you were not using a capacitor in the actual circuit but included it in the circuit diagram?

[@UKsystems]

It was probably best practice

[@Astro-Bob]

i didn't have a clue what to do! but now i do thank u so much, its a very clear what to do now u make it look easy. ur channel us well worth subscribing to👍

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad I could help! Cheers 😀

[@GALENGODIS]

Thanks, I wish you covered more about how to optimize the stepper motors for speed and not accuracy.

[@mrmakinist]

By the way, you are my yuotuber that I liked and appreciated the most.

[@Mohamed_Ali-24M]

The best channel in the world, please can you Explain how to make a Led Cube

[@RenatoMariscal]

Thanks, I am a beginner and I couldn't find the wiring for 2208 before this. I have been trying to put the 12 volt on VIO 😅

[@allanminers1662]

Congratulations.This is an excellent presentation.Close to the best I have seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

I kinda like the sound generated by a stepper driven by an A498. Sounds mechatronic.

[@joaocamiloulhoa4878]

The best Channel of YT.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Thank you!

[@tafsirahmedkhan8080]

Greatest video on Stepper Motor! Waited for this for so long.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad you liked it!

[@mmsanathara]

Dear Sir, Fantastic explaination in simpleasic electronic language.

[@mmsanathara]

Do you have any video for run stepper for one degree and stop. When next pulse given stepper shaft move to one degree in clock ir anticlockwise move.

[@joseosorio277]

Of course I enjoyed the video very much! Thank you for this excellent class!

[@buddhimaamarasinghe9997]

Excellent video Thanks for sharing your knowledge. What is the maximum RPM nema 17 stepper motor. Thanks

[@narayan9188]

hats off to the efforts putted in video, explaining every detail while making it quite engaging.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad you liked it!

[@Vintage_USA_Tech]

The best DAMN Stepper motor video I have ever seen.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Thanks!

[@customdevelopment136]

Question: Once power is removed from the stepper motor, does the motor lock in place? In battery operated conditions, there is no extra power available to lock the motor. How do you suggest to lock the motor without consuming energy? And is there an easy way to add a gearbox or a worm drive to the popular stepper motor to increase the torque and provide a natural lock function? Thank you for your videos which are very informative and helpful. It is very important to describe how a device works before explaining how to use it. I am happy to see that you use this methodology, unlike most other KZbin instructors. I notice that in this lesson you also explain which library function block and which don't. I can't stress enough how important this is. If the function is non-blocking can you also explain if it is timer interrupt driven, feedback interrupt driven, or in the case of the .run() function, it just blocks for microseconds - i.e. a micro-block. A micro-block will cause the stepper motor to be influenced by the flow of control in the software. On the other hand, interrupt driven will allow the stepper motor to behave naturally no matter how the software behaves.

[@_VeljkoMiletic_]

Answer to first question: No...

[@tythompson7170]

I know this was posted 5 months ago, but figured I’d give some extra help on your first question. If you need a way to self lock without power, do some research on the formulas for power screws. They can be self locking given a small enough lead (thread pitch) or a high enough friction coefficient. The calculations are relatively simple when given what each part of the formula represents. Good luck with your projects.

[@andreknuttson88]

Exelent video! i feel unsure about the decoupeling capacitor tho, what voltage should i use?

[@alvarobyrne]

the (unexplainably at-least-in-youtube-missing) stepper motor guide, ha ha: thanks a lot, master

[@andreayalagonzalez4366]

Thanks for explaining everything carefully and saying every detail, great video, you really do the homework!!!

[@ChibuzobasildonOnyenagada]

Thanks you so much for this video, please I'm a beginner I studied computer engineering & am so much in love with Mechatronics. Honestly I have no basic foundation in this field,help me to start from scratch with books to read & practicals to do with diagrams etc, thanks so much. I'll appreciate.

[@TheAngryMaskSalesman64]

holy cow, thank you so much for this video. So much information presented so clearly :D

[@robertwebb9657]

thanks for a comprehensive explanation.

[@MrTheNark]

Great explanation of the differences between stepper motors! One question: I need a driver that makes the current towards the stepper motor 0 during standstill (to limit power and heat in the motor). Holding torque during standstill is not important as the stepper motor is connected to a worm gear. Is any of the drivers capable of zero current during standstill?

[@juanjosesilva4315]

Wow ! I never saw a video with nema motors like that

[@thomasmcann9474]

Awesome video!,looking forward to the larger NEMA motors controlled by Arduino video

[@hsnorh8180]

Instant like...👍 Great explanation...🙏

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad you liked it!

[@harparduino5111]

Excellent tutorial ! Thank you.

[@davidgraham6140]

Thanks soooo much I really needed this video for my final year project

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad I could help!

[@stefanv.d.b818]

Great Video ! What power supply should i use for the Motor?

[@ProDesigneHd]

what about controlling an stepper motor driver using SPI. Drivers such as TMC5160 usually can only be controlled by SPI and don't have a potentiometer. A video on that subject would be greatly appreciated!

[@khaledbaraja8450]

My fav channel

[@laygoman7547]

Same here

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad to hear it, thank you!

[@jonathanlanders9406]

Looking forward to larger stepper motor tutorial.

[@paul.alarner6410]

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[@wardhum6611]

Really well done video. Truly enjoyed every second of it... Thank you so much for this incredible video.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vomitedthoughts]

How did you get the TMC2208 to work in that shield?, I could never find any info on how or what I could have been doing wrong

[@rameshtripathy5978]

Nice description & helpful too !

[@superman1755]

What power supply are you using? Would a 12V 2A wall outlet supply work well? I'm having trouble online finding resources for this. Intending to use 1-4 stepper motors (2.4ohm, 1.5A) for CNC related projects

[@williambruneau8667]

Super detailed video, thanks a lot!

[@a154james]

This video is an awesome recap on arduino stepper motor use! Theoretically, if you were to over drive a stepper motor with the driver, what would happen? Would you just burn out the stepper driver or would you also take out the arduino as well?

[@anonymoususer3561]

over drive?

[@danielevans465]

Love this video, did an amazing job explanin how to use it.

[@FineEvent]

Much appreciated, thank you for the clear explanation

[@SantaDragon]

Thanks firstly for this summary. 9:27 The order really doesnt matter? 5:14 I think it makes a difference by depoling 2A with 2B when the signal of the H-bridge goes the wrong way. As whe one coil pushes clockwise, and the second coil may then push counter-clockwise what makes the motor just buzzing instead moving, right? 22:11 Does the 3. motor not make 4 rotations as 3.200 / 800 = 4?

[@gabucarneiro]

What a GREAT explanation!! You're great! Are you planning on making a drone?! I'd love to see your explanation about it all!!

[@HowToMechatronics]

Thank you! To be honest at this moment I don't have a plan of making a drone anytime soon.

[@gabucarneiro]

@@HowToMechatronics I get it. I'll keep watching your videos anyway. Thank you for all your efforts!

[@shafayethossain5217]

Thank you so much for sharing the code with the explanation. That's really helpful.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@raymonddharmadipraja3630]

Very detailed explanation😊😊 thank you. But I have a question, If I want to run my rotary machine using stepper motor, where the stepper motor actions (on and off) are driven by photoelectric sensors just to make stop once the sensors are turned on, do I have to use driver? Or Can I just use transformer and capacitor only since it only run on single direction? Note: I only need the motor to stop exactly when the sensor are on Thank you

[@Handay_78]

Excellent explanation... easy to understand..

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@christianbureau6732]

Great video, I learn a lot's. Do you think you can have 2 rheostat (one for speed and the other for travel distance) and make it a forward-backward motion?

[@johnkidd1694]

Excellent teaching. Thanks.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jamesssydney]

Amazing Tutorial, just wondering if you're controlled more then 4 steppers at once? is it possible to control 8 or 12 etc and how would this be done?

[@catalinmarcelionescu8902]

Thanks for all the info provided in this video. When should we expect the tutorial for the NEMA23? Thanks.

[@franhdez4711]

Excellent instruction. So much knowledge shared here. All my gratitude.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@liondorfarms]

Thank you SO much for this tutorial. It is absolutely just what I needed! Do you have a forum or community that I can ask questions in?

[@davelee9111]

Thank you for a really great video. Unfortunately my motor is humming but not moving. Any idea where i have gone wrong? thanks

[@arduinomaquinas]

Great 🇧🇷😉👏👏👏👏 thank you bro !

[@Dust599]

Nice video, but has a small error A4988 have a max vmot of 35V not 36V according to the data sheet.

[@Dust599]

At 8:15, you correctly say its 35v latter on

[@teocerda5367]

Thank you for so excelent video, can I use Nema 34 12nm and keep the torque?

[@ErickAlex1]

Excellent video sir

[@LuisPa247]

Gold tutorial, Thanks for the information.

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@herediiaa.e]

@@HowToMechatronicspls answer my question, I would like to know what driver is going to make my motor go faster???

[@letsengineering5696]

Very well explained. Nice Video

[@xrphobby1341]

Hello thanks for your videos. How is it possible to rotate 30 degrees each time a button is pressed, a total of 10 presses will completeone rotation? Thank you.

[@Emalak1bas]

Thanks for your very informative video ❤

[@JohnnyChugh]

Excellent video, thank you very much.

[@Zonuna_Chawngthu]

Great Video and informative too, Is there any tutorial for a mini project using 4 stepper motor control as a "Spidercam" (Football stadium cable camera) where you have wires spooled to 4 stepper motor and control with joystick

[@tjpprojects7192]

1:41 Is this the start of an amazing meme? I'd watch a 1 minute loop of the ribbon going back and forth like a snake.

[@glenmcneill1675]

First very helpful Thx - I’m trying to move 2 rotations in 100 ms or less. Your video mentioned 6 wire connection for speed. Can you expand on this.

[@Zestybwoi]

Brilliant video!

[@Jonzaum]

Really nice video bro, if i try with the tb6600 driver, what will change?

[@jasonho1379]

For the DRV8825 Drivers, your wiring diagram seems to be incorrect. the RST and SLP pins need to be connected to 5V otherwise the drivers don't turn on.

[@harikamalakarreddydarapu7410]

Excellent tutorial and very well explained

[@HowToMechatronics]

Many thanks!

[@AA-nh7pv]

Thank you for the super helpful video! I want to have a NEMA 17 stepper complete a full turn (200 steps) in under 200ms (so 1000 steps/s or faster, better if faster). Is this possible with these drivers? My stepper has a current rating of 1.5A, and I am using a DRV8825... What voltage should I apply to the motor to ensure this? The torque should not be very high, but I need high acceleration!

[@Dmsxj]

Stepper motors are a very interesting and fun

[@AB-ee4nu]

Great video! Have tried to work this code for simultaneous motor control, but the motor is not moving smoothly as in the video for the speed and acceleration only for ACCELSTEPPER library, its like its starting and stopping each step till final position causing a juddering sound and slow motion of the motors... i cant figure out why its not running smooth

[@BK-wb9bg]

Fantastic video!!!!

[@amazac9869]

outstanding efforts well prepared video as an opensource tutorial ,thank you so much.👍

[@HowToMechatronics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@amazac9869]

@@HowToMechatronics It was ,keep the good work ,cheers.

[@ziggi8847]

Just a small thing, but i believe you should have x

[@harrypalmer658]

I don't think so. If you are starting at zero! x

[@ramanarao32]

what a nice video brother!!

[@HowToMechatronics]

Appreciate it!

[@avinashevilmonsterkane995]

very detailed explanation... Super

[@HowToMechatronics]

Thanks!

[@voodoobaz]

Super cool, thank you

[@julianjuellz]

thank you for your informations :) can you maybe help me on how to control the stepper motor speed with a potentiometer knob? how would i implement that?

[@wonderland9052]

well it would've been nice to know about this video before I spent so much time figuring everything out myself 😅

[@RogerGarrett]

Can the MS1 and MS2 pins be controlled via software or only my connection to GND and 5V? I was working with TMC 2209 and was TOLD that such control was available on it,but later came to understand that on the TMC 2209 the MS1 and MS2 pins are used for setting up come parameter for UART control of the selection of Step type, e.g. WHole Steps, quarter steps, sixteenth steps etc. I really need to be able to control that via software.

[@ammglitch03]

Just an idea, but what if you just do the largest micro stepping option And then in your code, account for the different micro steps changes. For example just half or double your incrementations for your desired likings at the right times

[@alexchiosso221]

Outstanding video on this topic. Thank you. :-)

[@rusticagenerica]

Amazing video !! Would it possible to ask you a question here please? What if I would like to connect a big NEMA 34 with its own large controller, to this CNC board? Is it feasible? Also, do these little red CNC boards allow the great motors to be used at their max speeds? And if not, which Arduino or GRBL system would be suitable for high performance driving of NEMA 34s?