What do I need for running stepper motors?

Other Hardware Motors, Mechanics, Power and CNC
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Requirements:

  • I would like to control two stepper motors.

  • It should be connect wireless to the internet

  • It should be possible to power the stepper motors with a battery

  • Do I need an extra module if I want to control all actions with my own mobile app?

Which board or boards do I need ?

Any help would be amazing.

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Stepper motor projects start by choosing a motor with the required power and torque (and possibly, gear ratio) to do the expected mechanical things.

Then choose a motor driver and power supply that can handle the motor.

Any Arduino can be used to control the motor driver, and you will find countless tutorials on line for that.

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Since you want internet connectivity in your project, you can consider ESP-32. ESP 32: How to Control Stepper Motors - YouTube

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Thanks.
Which Arduino do I need after I chose the stepper motor, motor driver and power supply?

Does every board works to control it with my own app?

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As mentioned in post #2.

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Welcome!

Just "some" links:

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Thank you very much for the links. @tinkerer9 :muscle:t2:

@jremington okay got it but what about my question to control it with my own app?

Do I need here a separate modul as well like for the motor ?
Or are there some boards available who has that integration already?

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That's the main thing to do. Selcting a suitable driver is highly dependent on the selected motor.
And you should not use one of the ancient L29x drivers.

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Okay thank.
Can you recommend a suitable driver with smotor ?
The stepper has to turn a table with max. 1kg.
If you have a working system please share it. :grimacing:

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? Any?

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How fast? How many RPM or degrees per second?

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And what kind of table? How is it mounted? A table with a ball bearing and a weight of 10 kg can turn more easily than a disc with a bad bearing and a weight of 1 kg.

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I want to built a clock so rpm is very low, degrees 360. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Some ideas??

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Over the last 18 days you have been offered a large number of ideas already.

Did you look into all of them ?

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It looks like you haven't even started building the turntable, so what is the point of thinking about the app?

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