Controlling the stepper motor

[dugong98]

Hello, I am trying to control the stepper motor to a desired revolution. I am currently using micro stepping mode, and there are 51200 steps per revolution.

I want to do a half rotation, which is 25600 steps? i tried running the code, but the motor just moves continuously with a smaller step, how can I make it stop after doing a half rotation?

I tried tweaking the steps, but the motor just runs continuously, how am I able to do a quater/half rotation? & stop there

// defines pins numbers
const int stepPin = 3; 
const int dirPin = 4; 
const int ms1 = 7;
const int ms2 = 6;
const int ms3 = 5;



 
void setup() {
  
  // Sets the two pins as Outputs
  pinMode(stepPin,OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(dirPin,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ms1,OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(ms2,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ms3,OUTPUT);
  
  
  
}
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(dirPin,LOW); // Enables the motor to move in a particular direction
  // Makes 200 pulses for making one full cycle rotation

  for(int x = 0; x < 25600; x++) {
  digitalWrite(ms1,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(ms2,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(ms3,HIGH);
    digitalWrite(stepPin,LOW); 
    delayMicroseconds(1500); 
    digitalWrite(stepPin,HIGH); 
    delayMicroseconds(1500); 
    
  }

delay(1000);
}

[Railroader]

loop runs over and over again. Each loop steps 25600.
If the motor would stop after 25600 steps, what would make it start again?

[JCA34F]

At the end of the sketch, replace:

delay(1000);

With:

while(1); // Press reset button to continue

[dugong98]

oh i get it now, the number of steps dictate the number of steps in one revolution, But then again, if i only want a half rotation or a quarter rotation, how do i go about doing so?

[dugong98]

I get it now, the number of steps = the number of steps in one rotation. How do I go about controlling the rotation of the motor? lets say I only want a half rotation?

[wildbill]

What are you trying to do? If you really want to do a single rotation at power up, move your stepper code into setup. I'd guess that there's going to be more to come though.