A low-cost solution to the high speed operation of stepper motors

Stepper motors are small electric motors whose shaft rotation can be accurately controlled
by electronic pulses (a ―step‖ pulse). They are able to provide a simple solution in applications where
positional or accurate speed control is required without the need for position sensing – i.e. open loop
control. In order to maintain reliable control careful consideration must be given to the timing of the
step pulses. This paper describes a novel approach to the design of the software for a low cost
microcontroller that will generate the step pulses to accelerate and decelerate the motor, thereby
maintain positional integrity.

Citation:
Cox, E.J. (2010) ‘A low-cost solution to the high speed operation of stepper motors’, Proceedings of Advances in Computing and Technology, (AC&T) The School of Computing and Technology 5th Annual Conference, University of East London, pp.180-186..