Beginner - Help please

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Hey, would really appreciate any help

Basically, i have got an Aquino Uno board, 2 stepper motors and 2 stepper drivers.

I have got the Arduino environment ready for use, but would like some assistance in the programming. The motors will be representing the x and y axis, so i just need to programme so that the motors work in a sweeping action, so that x motor moves across the full legnth, then the y motor moves it a row, then the x motor moves across the full length again, And so on until the whole area has been covered (scanned).
Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks
Jack

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const unsigned long int X_STEPS_MAX = 745683;
const unsigned long int Y_STEPS_MAX = 87346;

unsigned long int X_position = 0;
unsigned long int Y_position = 0;

boolean X_increasing = true;

void loop() {
    if (X_increasing) {
        if (X_position == X_STEPS_MAX) {
             Y_position ++;
             Y_step_down();
             X_increasing = false;
         } else {
            X_position++;
            X_step_right();
         }
    } else { // decreasing
        if (X_position == 0) {
             Y_position ++;
             Y_step_down();
             X_increasing = true;
         } else {
            X_position--;
            X_step_left();
         }
     }

   while (Y_position == Y_STEPS_MAX);  // stop everything
}
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And implicit in that code is that the X_step_right() etc functions will delay appropriately to step at the desired rate!

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MarkT:
And implicit in that code is that the X_step_right() etc functions will delay appropriately to step at the desired rate!

Actually, implicit in that code is that no step rate was specified. :slight_smile:

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[quote]
#include <[color=#CC6600]Stepper[/color].h>

[color=#7E7E7E]// initialize the stepper library on pins 8 through 11:[/color]
[color=#CC6600]Stepper[/color] myStepper(stepsPerRevolution, 8,9,10,11);  

[color=#CC6600]const[/color] [color=#CC6600]unsigned[/color] [color=#CC6600]long[/color] [color=#CC6600]int[/color] X_STEPS_MAX = 745683;
[color=#CC6600]const[/color] [color=#CC6600]unsigned[/color] [color=#CC6600]long[/color] [color=#CC6600]int[/color] Y_STEPS_MAX = 87346;

[color=#CC6600]unsigned[/color] [color=#CC6600]long[/color] [color=#CC6600]int[/color] X_position = 0;
[color=#CC6600]unsigned[/color] [color=#CC6600]long[/color] [color=#CC6600]int[/color] Y_position = 0;

[color=#CC6600]boolean[/color] X_increasing = [color=#CC6600]true[/color];

[color=#CC6600]void[/color] [color=#CC6600][b]loop[/b][/color]() {
    [color=#CC6600]if[/color] (X_increasing) {
        [color=#CC6600]if[/color] (X_position == X_STEPS_MAX) {
             Y_position ++;
             Y_step_down();
             X_increasing = [color=#CC6600]false[/color];
         } [color=#CC6600]else[/color] {
            X_position++;
            X_step_right();
         }
    } [color=#CC6600]else[/color] { [color=#7E7E7E]// decreasing[/color]
        [color=#CC6600]if[/color] (X_position == 0) {
             Y_position ++;
             Y_step_down();
             X_increasing = [color=#CC6600]true[/color];
         } [color=#CC6600]else[/color] {
            X_position--;
            X_step_left();
         }
     }

   [color=#CC6600]while[/color] (Y_position == Y_STEPS_MAX);  [color=#7E7E7E]// stop everything[/color]
}

[/quote]

Would this do it then?
Or do I need to add somthing else to get it working?

Also, would it help if i told you here are the components I have:

http://www.technobotsonline.com/arduino-uno-main-board-r3.html x1
http://www.technobotsonline.com/stepper-motor-20x30mm-3.9v-600ma.html x2
http://www.technobotsonline.com/pololu-a4988-stepper-motor-driver-carrier--voltage-reg.html x2

Finally, probably a stupid question, but how do I link the arduino to the drivers and the drivers to the motors. I am assuming wires as the use of a protoboard was suggested?

Apologies about all of the questions, new to all this Arduino programming but it needs to be done for a team project.

Cheers
Jack