Hi,
I am releasing V2 of RDL, my little stepper utility. RDL is a serial-connection command-line stepper motor control program. RDL is interactive purpose-written control program for stepper-motor: tuning, testing, experimental mechanism/axis use, and perhaps coil winding.
New features in this release:
- Added ability to type up to 2 arguments on the command line, such as type "t 1.5" will now turn the motor 1.5 turns.
- Built-In LED Wake Indicator.
- Added "setrpm" and "run" commands for continuous motor running.
- Divide can now divide in linear mode between Start and End points.
- Added "setstartat" command.
- Created seek_absolute and seek_relative movement functions to handle most movement.
- 4% Less Memory Used.
Features:
- ? Shows command list.
- @ Shows position.
- . Shows settings.
- Accepts up to 2 arguments after the command, such as "t 1.5" , which will t)urn the motor 1.5 revolutions.
- Automatically, saves most configuration settings to EEPROM.
- Most movements use sinusoidal smoothing with time-compensation code.
- Has optional proportional analog single-axis joystick support for movement and increments.
- Works with either Step/Dir or Step-Forward/Step-Backward type drivers by using "setdirmode" .
- Has a "setspeed" to divide the motor speed for testing.
- Floating-point positioning is used.
- Fits and runs on most Arduino's--including the Nano and barely the Micro.
- Supports "sleep" and "wake" to enable and disable the motor by driver, with built-in LED indication.
- Has a g)oto command to move by absolute movement.
- Has settable, placeable, and goto-able: s)tart, h)ome, and e)nd positions.
- Has an "setlimitmode" option to use the n)one, h)ardware s)oftware, or b)oth using the start and end positions.
- Has linear and rotary modes that can be set set with "setmode".
- Has a l)inear mode that:
- Can be set with "setsteps" to move a given physical distance, such as setting it to 1200 per millimeter.
- Has a m)ove command for relative movement.
- Can "divide" the distance between user-set Start and End points by a given numner of segments.
- Can home using multiple revolutions.
- Has a default r)otary mode that:
- Can rotate by either t)urn or d)egree.
- Can "divide" in a one revolution between 0 and 1 by a given number of segments.
- Can homes to closest angle of a single revolution.
- Can auto-home "ah" with optional EEPROM optional settable final offset for correcting mechanical misalignments.
- Can change divisions with "+" or "-" or the joystick, or you can use "/" to choose a particular one.
- Supports software limits that will not put the motor to sleep.
- Has preliminary hardware limit-sensor support that will put the motor to sleep if sensor is tripped.
- Has a "setmicrostep" command to optionaly select microsteps using microstepping pins, after choosing "A4988" or "DRV8825" with "setdriver".
- Has an option to automatically scale your current steps during a "setmicrostep" microstep change.
- Has a "run" command that allows continuous motor rotation set with "setrpm".
- You have already been introduced to 26 of RDL's 42 commands.
Video manual for V1: RDL - Arduino Serial Command-Line Stepper Motor Utility - YouTube
Version 2 Update Video RDL Arduino Stepper Motor Utility - Version 2 Improvements - YouTube
RDL 2 Code Review: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLmfHUZlC-c[/url]RDL 2 Arduino Stepper Motor Utility Code-Review - YouTube
Version:
2.239 Fixed Setend y
RDL_239.ino.ino (63.9 KB)