Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

8mm Precision Zero-Backlash Spur Gearhead

Clearwater, Florida (February 1, 2007) - MicroMo Electronics, Inc. announces the addition of a metal spur zero backlash gearhead with the release of the Series 08/3. The zero backlash spur gearhead is ideal for applications requiring precision positioning with high resolution and low torque requirements. The gearhead weighs a mere 4.5 to 5.7 grams while providing a maximum continuous torque of 15...

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Gate Driver features integrated microstepping translator.
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Gate Driver features integrated microstepping translator.

Suitable for driving medium to high-power bipolar 2-phase stepper motors, dual full-bridge Model A3986 provides all necessary circuitry to ensure that gate-source voltage of high-side and low-side external MOSFETs is above 10 V, and gate capacitance is quickly charged and discharged. Two sinusoidal DACs generate reference voltage for 2 separate fixed-off-time PWM current controllers. Full step to...

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Stepping Motor Drivers feature current rating over 2 A.
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Stepping Motor Drivers feature current rating over 2 A.

Toshiba TB6560HQ/FG 2-phase Bipolar Stepping Motor Drivers offer 0.6 W (HQ)/0.75 W (FG) on-resistance through use of BiCD process with thermally dissipative package. Supporting 2-phase/1-2-phase/W1-2-phase/2W1-2-phase excitation modes and forward/reverse mode, units can drive 2-phase bipolar type stepping motors using only clock signal. Input voltage is compatible with 3.3 or 5 V, and motor power...

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Step Motor Systems offer basic step angle of 0.36
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Step Motor Systems offer basic step angle of 0.36

RoHS-compliant Series CRK-M consists of 5-phase step motor and driver models, 8 with single shaft extension and 8 with double shaft extension. Basic step angle can be adjusted to achieve any 2-phase step motor step angles. Direct switchover from 2-phase microstep mode can be performed without having to change input pulses. Available frame sizes range from 1.10 in. with holding torque of 5.9...

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Motor Controller drives unipolar stepper motors.
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Motor Controller drives unipolar stepper motors.

Easy-Step(TM) 3000 motor drive and control system drives unipolar stepper motors in full 2-phase, full 1-phase, and half-step modes up to 35 V and 3 A/phase. Direct command set, slave/remote pulse mode, voltage mode, and teach mode operations are all supported. Measuring 63.6 x 26.4 mm, drive also features store and replay; selectable pull-in rate and maximum step rate; and adjustable ramp time...

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Compact Driver targets microstepping applications.
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Compact Driver targets microstepping applications.

Measuring 2.95 x 4.96 x 1.26 in. and requiring up to 4 A per phase and 40 Vdc, driver is suited for 2-phase bipolar steppers. Driver, designed for NEMA 14-34 steppers, has dip switch settings to provide microsteps of 2, 5, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, and 64 steps-per-step. Idle current is 50% of running current and activated 0.5 sec after last pulse. Applications include pick-and-place, medical testing...

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Microstepping Driver includes onboard indexer.
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Microstepping Driver includes onboard indexer.

Capable of output currents from 0.25-3.0 A while handling 12-48 Vdc input voltage, Model R325 offers selectable step resolutions of full, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x, 128x, and 256x. It includes hold current reduction capability with adjustable current and timeout settings. Three optically isolated inputs and 1 optically isolated control output can be used for step, direction, disable/enable, and...

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Integrated Stepper Module controls up to 5 stepper motors.
Stepper Motor Controllers and Drives

Integrated Stepper Module controls up to 5 stepper motors.

Five Axis Integrated Stepper Module runs on distributed block I/O network, and consumes 3 of 77 available block I/O slots in control system. It includes stepper translator so output is connected directly to stepper motor eliminating need for stepper drive. Five channels of SSI encoder feedback are available for position verification of each stepper motor being controlled. Stepper motion profiles...

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