Newbie project for stepper motor

Hello, I live in Canada (120V) and I want to setup a stepper motor, to turn two revolutions on command (every time I hit a key or button).

Torque can be low, two revolutions in one second or less approx. would be ideal.

What hardware would you recommend to be cheapest and easiest? Any software recommendations would be great too, including which version of windows would work best.

Thank you

Torque is measured in n-m or more realistically for our purposes gm cm. You can get a feel for torque values with a thread, a cotton reel, and a small weight.

you will need to provide more information - start by telling us WHY you want to do this.

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Here is also a stepper motor project that you may find interesting:

This is based on ESP8266. The coding is done using Arduino IDE.

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Be aware that while stepper motors hold their position they also draw power all the time even when not moving.

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It’s to move a very light x-y table. Thank you.

How light is very light? 1gram? 1kgram?

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300grams. Speed is somewhat important, I am looking for 2 rotations in approx. 1-2 seconds of time.

Here is a simulation that does your bidding and then returns to zero.

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