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28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor with ULN2003 driver and

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By Stan | March 1, 2014 79 Comments

First, lets see the little steppers in action! Our main character, StepperBot, is “instructed” to move in a square path
on my co ee table, making 90 degree turns at the corners. Turning exactly at the right time and by the right angle
is critical avoid falling o and crashing on the oor in an embarrassing pile of messy wires.

StepperBot: 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motors, UNL2003 driver and Arduino Uno

The robot has no sensors for positioning, orientation, or a way to detect the edges of the table. Movement is
controlled only by the number of pre-de ned steps in each direction hard-coded in the sketch. The motors are
running at approximately 8 volts DC and 15 RPM in this example. One thing that you cannot tell from the video is
how quiet these little steppers run: StepperBot is very stealthy! Eventually, small errors add up over time and the
bot falls o the table, but it typically runs for 10-15 minutes, before that: good enough for me!

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What is so special about steppers

A stepper motor can move in accurate, xed angle increments known as steps. For practical purposes, a stepper
motor is a bit like a servo: you can tell it to move to a pre-de ned position and can count on getting fairly
consistent results with multiple repetitions. Servos though, are usually limited to a 0-180 degree range, while a
stepper motor can rotate continuously, similar to a regular DC motor. The advantage of steppers over DC motors
is that you can achieve much higher precision and control over the movement. The downside of using steppers is
that they are a bit more complex to control than servos and DC motors.

The 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor Datasheet

The 28BYJ-48 is a small, cheap, 5 volt geared stepping motors. These stepping motors are apparently widely used
to control things like automated blinds, A/C units and are mass produced. Due to the gear reduction ratio of
*approximately* 64:1 it o ers decent torque for
its size at speeds of about 15 rotations per
minute (RPM). With some software “trickery” to
accelerate gradually and a higher voltage power
source (I tested them with 12 volts DC) I was able
to get about 25+ RPM. These little steppers can
be purchased together with a small breakout
board for the Arduino compatible ULN2003
stepper motor driver for less than $5. Quite a
bargain, compared to the price of a geared DC
motor, a DC motor controller and a wheel
encoder! The low cost and small size makes the
28BYJ-48 an ideal option for small robotic
applications, and an excellent introduction to
stepper motor control with Arduino. Here are
the detailed specs of the 28BYJ-48 stepper
motor.

Motor Type Unipolar stepper motor

Connection Type 5 Wire Connection (to the motor controller)

Voltage 5-12 Volts DC

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Frequency 100 Hz

Step mode Half-step mode recommended (8 step control signal sequence)

Step angle Half-step mode: 8 step control signal sequence (recommended) 5.625 degrees per step / 64
steps per one revolution of the internal motor shaftFull Step mode: 4 step control signal
sequence 11.25 degrees per step / 32 steps per one revolution of the internal motor shaft

Gear ratio Manufacturer speci es 64:1. Some patient and diligent people on the Arduino forums have
disassembled the gear train of these little motors and determined that the exact gear ratio is
in fact 63.68395:1. My observations con rm their ndings. These means that in the
recommended half-step mode we will have:64 steps per motor rotation x 63.684 gear ratio =
4076 steps per full revolution (approximately).

Wiring to the A (Blue), B (Pink), C (Yellow), D (Orange), E (Red, Mid-Point)

ULN2003 controller

Weight 30g

The motor has 4 coils of wire that are powered in a sequence to make the magnetic motor shaft spin. When using
the full-step method, 2 of the 4 coils are powered at each step. The default stepper library that comes pre-
installed with the Arduino IDE uses this method. The 28BYH-48 datasheet speci es that the preferred method for
driving this stepper is using the half-step method, where we rst power coil 1 only, then coil 1 and 2 together, then
coil 2 only and so on…With 4 coils, this means 8 di erent signals, like in the table below.

Wiring the ULN2003 stepper motor driver to Arduino Uno

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The ULN2003 stepper motor driver board allows you to easily control the 28BYJ-48 stepper motor from a
microcontroller, like the Arduino Uno. One side of the board side has a 5 wire socket where the cable from the
stepper motor hooks up and 4 LEDs to indicate which coil is currently powered. The motor cable only goes in one
way, which always helps. On the side you have
a motor on / o jumper (keep it on to
enable power to the stepper). The two pins
below the 4 resistors, is where you provide
power to the stepper. Note that powering
the stepper from the 5 V rail of the Arduino
is not recommended. A separate 5-12 V 1
Amp power supply or battery pack should
be used, as the motor may drain more
current than the microcontroller can handle
and could potentially damage it. In the
middle of the board we have the ULN2003 chip.
At the bottom are the 4 control inputs that
should be connected to four Arduino digital
pins.

Hooking it up to the Arduino

Connect the ULN2003 driver IN1, IN2, IN3 and IN4 to digital pin 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively on the Arduino
Uno. Connect the positive lead from a decent 5-12V battery pack to the “+” pin of the ULN2003 driver
and the ground to the “-” pin. Make sure that the “on/o ” jumper next to the “-” pin is on. If you power
the Arduino from a di erent battery pack, connect the grounds together.

Arduino stepper code and the AccelStepper library

The default stepper library that comes pre-installed with the Arduino IDE supports the full-step method only and
has limited features. It does not run the 28BYJ-48 motors very e ciently and getting two of them running at the
same time for a di erential drive robot is a bit more di cult. I came across example sketch by 4tronix that used
the half-step method with no additional libraries. Their code worked well and I was able to modify it, so that I can
run two steppers at the same time. Still, I was only able to get my stepper motor spinning fairly slow and it was
getting quite warm, for some reason. Additionally, that sample code uses delays for the steps and that will cause
some issues when we start adding more complex functions in the loop and hook up various sensors. Then I came
across the AccelStepper library. It runs the 28BYJ-48 steppers very e ciently (they never go as hot as with
the other options I tried) and also supports acceleration (which allows the stepper to get to a higher
speed). The library uses non blocking code for the steps and has quite a few other nice features. After
some messing around with the documentation and the examples I got everything up and running. Below
is the code that will slowly accelerate the 28BYJ-48 in one direction, then decelerate to a stop and

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accelerate in the opposite direction. Naturally, make sure you download and install the AccelStepper
library rst!

#include <AccelStepper.h>
#define HALFSTEP 8

// Motor pin definitions

#define motorPin1 3 // IN1 on the ULN2003 driver 1
#define motorPin2 4 // IN2 on the ULN2003 driver 1
#define motorPin3 5 // IN3 on the ULN2003 driver 1
#define motorPin4 6 // IN4 on the ULN2003 driver 1

// Initialize with pin sequence IN1-IN3-IN2-IN4 for using the AccelStepper with 28BYJ-48
AccelStepper stepper1(HALFSTEP, motorPin1, motorPin3, motorPin2, motorPin4);

void setup() {
stepper1.setMaxSpeed(1000.0);
stepper1.setAcceleration(100.0);
stepper1.setSpeed(200);
stepper1.moveTo(20000);

}//--(end setup )---

void loop() {

//Change direction when the stepper reaches the target position

if (stepper1.distanceToGo() == 0) {
stepper1.moveTo(-stepper1.currentPosition());
}
stepper1.run();
}

The code above will not push this motor to its limit. You can experiment with the acceleration and speed settings
to see what is the best you can squeeze out. Note that for nigher speeds, you will likely need a higher voltage DC
source. If you got your stepper running, here is the code that the StepperBot from the video above is running. You
will need to adjust the speed, as well as the “turnSteps” and “lineSteps” variables based on your base and wheel
sizes, if you want to have your bot moving in a square path.

#include <AccelStepper.h>
#define HALFSTEP 8

// motor pins
#define motorPin1 3 // IN1 on the ULN2003 driver 1
#define motorPin2 4 // IN2 on the ULN2003 driver 1
#define motorPin3 5 // IN3 on the ULN2003 driver 1
#define motorPin4 6 // IN4 on the ULN2003 driver 1

#define motorPin5 8 // IN1 on the ULN2003 driver 2

#define motorPin6 9 // IN2 on the ULN2003 driver 2
#define motorPin7 10 // IN3 on the ULN2003 driver 2
#define motorPin8 11 // IN4 on the ULN2003 driver 2
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#define motorPin8 11 // IN4 on the ULN2003 driver 2

// Initialize with pin sequence IN1-IN3-IN2-IN4 for using the AccelStepper with 28BYJ-48
AccelStepper stepper1(HALFSTEP, motorPin1, motorPin3, motorPin2, motorPin4);
AccelStepper stepper2(HALFSTEP, motorPin5, motorPin7, motorPin6, motorPin8);

// variables
int turnSteps = 2100; // number of steps for a 90 degree turn
int lineSteps = -6600; //number of steps to drive straight
int stepperSpeed = 1000; //speed of the stepper (steps per second)
int steps1 = 0; // keep track of the step count for motor 1
int steps2 = 0; // keep track of the step count for motor 2

boolean turn1 = false; //keep track if we are turning or going straight next
boolean turn2 = false; //keep track if we are turning or going straight next

void setup() {
delay(3000); //sime time to put the robot down after swithing it on

stepper1.setMaxSpeed(2000.0);
stepper1.move(1); // I found this necessary
stepper1.setSpeed(stepperSpeed);

stepper2.setMaxSpeed(2000.0);
stepper2.move(-1); // I found this necessary
stepper2.setSpeed(stepperSpeed);

}
void loop() {

if (steps1 == 0) {
int target = 0;
if (turn1 == true) {

target = turnSteps;
}

else {
target = lineSteps;
}

stepper1.move(target);
stepper1.setSpeed(stepperSpeed);
turn1 = !turn1;
}

if (steps2 == 0) {
int target = 0;
if (turn2 == true) {
target = turnSteps;
}

else {
target = -lineSteps;
}

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stepper2.move(target);
stepper2.setSpeed(stepperSpeed);
turn2 = !turn2;
}

steps1 = stepper1.distanceToGo();
steps2 = stepper2.distanceToGo();

stepper1.runSpeedToPosition();
stepper2.runSpeedToPosition();
}

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79 thoughts on “28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor with ULN2003 driver and Arduino Uno”

Wagner
March 2, 2014

Excellent post! I really see 42bots becoming a great source for the community!

nico
April 17, 2014

I can’t download the library, it’s a zip le or something like this?

Stan Post author

April 17, 2014

Yes, the direct link is on the page I posted above. Here it is as well:
http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/AccelStepper/AccelStepper-1.39.zip

bob
December 25, 2014

thank you,
I know nothing about programing, do you have a program that well let me move the arduino through my
keypad using the same motors? Just something that lets my move it around on command. sorry if this sounds a
bit stupid, i am new to the arduino, but i did get your program to run.

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Vatur
April 19, 2014

Great Stan I want the chassis of your Robot How can i get it

Stan Post author

April 22, 2014

Hi Vatur, the les are here: https://github.com/42Bots/StepperBot

Note that this is a prototype and the wheels are a bit of a tight t on the motor shaft.

Stan

Ted
July 25, 2014

‘accel stepper does not name a type ‘ is the msg I get with the listed last two sketches .

How can I x ?

Stan Post author

July 28, 2014

Hi Ted, I just noticed that the code formatting plug in bothced the irst line of the sketch with the include
statetement. Please try again with the code now.

Ted
September 1, 2014

I’m still getting the same msg for both sketches.:shruggs:

Stan Post author

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September 3, 2014

Ted, could you double-check that you have the AccelStepper library installed correctly? That is all I can think of
right now…

Ted
September 5, 2014

Hi,

I may not have it installed at all, I think I just copied the code posted, not sure how or where to go for the accel
library installation.
I’ll have to look back at what it was I actually did….

Ryan
July 26, 2014

Very cool thanks for posting this. I just recently received 2 o these stepper motors from amazon and was
looking for more information on them. I am going to try and drive them with the AdaFruit motor shield instead
of the little circuit boards that came with them.

Thanks
-=Ryan

Tom
August 30, 2014

Hi Stan, the rst example has been incredibly useful to me. But is there any way to turn it into blocking code? I
need to turn the motor and the press of a button and it won’t work at the moment because it’s not blocking
code.
Cheers,
Tom

Stan Post author

August 31, 2014

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Hi Tom, I am glad the article helped you. I am not sure exactly what your application is, but I understand you
need to run the motors only when some condition is met (related to a button press). I would add some code to
the loop that will set a variable, when you press (or depress) the button. Then you check the variable, and only
execute the stepper code from the example, when your condition is met.

Kevin
March 21, 2015

Hi Tom,

Just came across your thread while exploring the Accel Library. If it is just one motor turning at a time you can
use the runToNewPosition function.

Cheers,
Kev

James
October 14, 2014

Hi, I too have been working with these model stepper motors and arduino but after a couple of months of
trying I have not been able to get good results. It seems to work best at runSpeed(1000) when spinning
clockwise and is high torque and silent (the holy grail!) but they often skip or jitter when starting or changing
direction so I’ve not found them useful for my robot application. I’ve tried tweaking speed and playing with
acceleration settings but I wonder if you’ve had better results? I tried your code but had the same issues (they
only run as intended 80% of the time). Any suggestions would be welcome. At present, I’m trying other motors
but they are too noisy and have vibration problems. These guys would be perfect if I could get them to work
reliably.

Stan
October 15, 2014

Hi James, I have similar observations. I guess you can’t expect perfection from a $2 dollar stepper motor,
shipping included…I nd that if you increase the voltage to about 8-12 volts and play with the acceleration
settings you can get acceptable results for hobby applications. Also, some units are better quality than others.
If you open one up you will see the tiny plastic gears. Easy for them to get misaligned, if you put too much
pressure on the shaft. I would de nitely not recommend them for any applications, where accuracy and
consistency are critical, but as a learning tool for a hobbyist, you can’t beat the price!

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Mikey
November 10, 2014

First, thank you. This got me started with my stepper motor.

I wrote (modi ed your rst example) a sketch to step +2048, -2048, etc. (about a 360 degree turn of the motor,
back and forth). Why is it that the rst turn only goes half way? After that rst half turn it happily twists back
and forth almost exactly 1 revolution. Why only half the rst time? I tried this with 180 degress (step=1024)
and got the same result, rst turn was only 90 degrees.

Mihai
November 23, 2014

Best stepper motor tutorial ever! I wanted to learn to use a stepper and I found out everything I needed right
here. Thanks!

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Margi
December 3, 2014

Hello,
I was looking at the rst code for the arduino and I was wondering if you can get the code to run only once
rather than in an in nite loop. I tried just doing a for loop and it didn’t work. Thanks!

sam
December 6, 2014

so my left motor wont budge, would that be my programing, wiring or just a bad motor?

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Erick Garcia
December 10, 2014

Great tutorial! Helped me use my stepper motor within minutes. thanks!

Chris
December 29, 2014

Hi Stan,

you did a nice job guring out parameters and using the AccelStepper library
Could you tell me, why the initialising sequence for pins is IN1-3-2-4.? My rst guess woud be IN 1-2-3-4

Bye
Chris

Stan Post author

December 29, 2014

Hi Chris, it is just the arrangement of the wires in the connector out of the ULN2003 and the connector of this
particular motor. If the two coils are A and B, then you are supposed to initialize them like this: A1, A2, B1, B2
for AccelStepper. In the case of the 28BYJ-48 motor coil “A” would be IN1 and IN3, corresponding to the blue
and yellow wires and coil “B” will be IN2 and IN4.

Derrick
January 11, 2015

Thanks for your great article. I love these motors – have been using them since my PICAXE days, but swapping
to ARDUINO and using the Acccelstepper library has simpli ed their use even more – especially loved the
acceleration feature. My use is purely hobby level, so not too fussed at occasional slippage problem, but they
have good torque, a fair usable speed and with their equally cheap ULN 2003, I have over 20 sets just lying
around for quick projects.
Cheers,
Derrick

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Neil Kenyon
January 19, 2015

Stan – many thanks for a fantastic tutorial!

You explained everything and provided all the references. Great Job!
You set me on the right track to using my 28BYJ-48 with an Arduino and the AcceStepper library. I will be
referencing your post in my own blog.

Neil

Gilles Prescott
February 26, 2015

Hi Stan,
I wanted to use 4 of the 28BYJ-4 (with the ULN2003 Controller) to drive my robot platform. (
http://www.amazon.com/Emgreat-4-wheel-Chassis-Encoder-Arduino/dp/B00GSIRHEU/ref=pd_sim_t_2?
ie=UTF8&refRID=0EHCVAMYZMW25NK7FMKR ).
Would it be as simple as multiplying your code X 2 or do you see it as more complex. Before I get too deep in
this to nd out later it’s hardly doable I decided to ask for your opinion rst.
I am thinking of sending a pulse to both left wheels then to the right wheels. Programming turns may be a bit
di cult.
What do you think based on your experience.
thanks in advance.
Gilles

Stan Post author

February 26, 2015

Hi Gilles, I have not tried running four steppers at the same time, but I see no reason why the last example
can’t be scaled to accommodate that. Obviously, the code moves the stepper one at a time, so it is not ideal if
you need very high precision and coordination. You likely will not use $4 dollar motors, if that was the case
anyway. Good luck and post back your results, if you don’t mind…

zaza
March 2, 2015

hello, i cannot connect these drivers to CNC TB6560. is it this available?

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r.a. Nagy
April 26, 2015

One of the very best articles ever written. Thank you!

wildha
May 27, 2015

Hello, i want to ask. Can this code be used to avoid obstacle? Or I have to modify the code? I’m sorry, I’m an
amateur about robotic. Hehehe. Do you mind to reply to my email? I want to ask some questions if you don’t
mind. Thank you so much

zattar
June 10, 2015

i want to know too. did u get any reply?

Brandon
October 3, 2015

i have a question. that driver is only for the 5 wires stepper motor

what if I use 4 wires stepper motor for that driver.. how to I connect? or Does it impossible?

Thank yoiu

Stan Post author

October 6, 2015

Hi Brandon, you would need a di erent motor driver for a 4 wire (bi-polar) stepper motor. See this for more
info: http://42bots.com/tutorials/bipolar-stepper-motor-control-with-arduino-and-an-h-bridge/
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Husebot
October 27, 2015

Hi,
Thank you for this great tutorial! I have the question, if you have an overview for all commands of the library
and what they do.
Thank you!

MatijaZ
December 7, 2015

Finally a realy comprehesice tutorial about stepper motors. Got it through Github. Too bad you are not
somewhere higher direct in Google with it. Looking for such tutorila fow a while now, but always through
Google. Thanks for sharing, Matija

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Martyn
January 31, 2016

I have what looks like exactly the same motor and board but my “+” is not connected to anything else on the
board. I have to connect 5v to both the 2 (normally) jumpered pins before anything happens. Do you think this
is just a bad copy I have, maybe?

Mark Collins
February 18, 2016

Why do you say that the gear ratio is *approximately* 64:1? I counted the teeth on the gears, and it’s exactly
64:1

gear on motor shaft has 9 teeth.

there are three reduction gears, with 32/11 teeth, 22/9 teeth, 27/8 teeth. The gear connected to the external
shaft has 24 teeth. The external shaft has eight teeth. This gives a reduction ratio of 1/9 * 32/11 * 22/9 * 27/8 *

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24 / 8 * 8, which is exactly equal to 64.

Where does that weird 63.68395 number come from?

Stan Post author

February 18, 2016

This link that is referenced in the post as well. It seems that there are several versions of this motor, so you got
“lucky”.

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marcus
May 30, 2016

Hi, great article. Can these ULN2003 Driver Boards drive a non-steppe motor ? I have few mini motors and I was
wondering if they’d be any good for them ? I just built a larger robot using some L298N motor shields and they
are pretty unreliable, I was wondering if I could swap them out and use these little ULN2003 Driver Boards

Paul Gibbons
June 17, 2016

To use HALFSTEP make sure you sue the version of AccelStepper from
http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/AccelStepper/index.html (
http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/AccelStepper/AccelStepper-1.51.zip) rather version 1.3 from github.

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Pat
August 21, 2016

i installed your rst code along with the Accel Stepper.h but get a compile error as the following 3 lines.
as: unrecognized option ‘-mmcu=avr5’
exit status 1
Error compiling.

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What am I doing wrong?

thank-you

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Andrea
October 26, 2016

I would like to know what type of small errors sum up bringing the robot to fall o the table: are they related
to the rotations (not exactly 90 degrees) or to the distances in straight line (I mean between one rotation and
another)?
Thanks for the help.

imakerobots
October 26, 2016

Hi Andrea, many small errors add up: di erences in the friction of the two wheels, small misalignment in the
motors, skipped steps. In order to get better accuracy you will need what is called a closed loop system, where
you have an independent way to measure the distance traveled with, for example, a wheel encoder.

Trisna Wijaya
November 13, 2016

Sorry,I am newbie, I would like to add for 2 sensor using IR sensor for following line, could you give me
solution. Many Thank

Javier
January 23, 2017

Hello Stan,
Great article. I have a question though. You mentioned that the source Voltage can be 5-12 V.
I don’t think you can use a 12V power supply on a 5V motor without risking to overheat or even damaging the
coils unless you limit the current to about 165mA per coil and I believe the driver does not have this feature.
How do you limit the current in your application to avoid damages to the motor?

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Thanks,
Javier

adanan azeem
March 4, 2017

Arduino: 1.8.0 (Windows 8.1), Board: “Arduino/Genuino Uno”

G:\abc123\abc123.ino:6:26: fatal error: AccelStepper.h: No such le or directory

#include

compilation terminated.

exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Uno.

This report would have more information with

“Show verbose output during compilation”
option enabled in File -> Preferences.
i face this error may you help me please

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Rodion
May 3, 2017

It’s awesome! How did you accelerated 28BYJ-48 to 25+ RPM? What software “trickery” do you use to make it
that fast?

I’m making CNC plotter for my graduation project and I need to speed it up to debug without pain.

Rodion
May 23, 2017

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I still don’t understand how you did it, Stan?

My motor has 4 RPM, that’s so awful truth for me! Why? Did I brought fake 28BYJ-48-5V motors (all four of
them are tested)?
I’m using large acceleration (10000) via library to easily measure time that delayed since start of rotation, and
in other way: to measure exact number of rotations made in 1 minute. Summarizing, AccelStepper’s speed of
1500 steps/sec and larger doesn’t change real speed of shaft, smaller library’s speed can make shaft’s speed
low.
I have 4 real rotations per minute, but 14 seconds per one rotation – so as further I move, it goes slower?

Can you please help me?

Sia
May 4, 2017

Thank you. very helpful!

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SK
June 9, 2017

What would be the best way to use run(), runSpeed(), or runSpeedToPosition() from outside of the loop()?

I’m trying to use it with Blynk.

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Danovan
August 9, 2017

hi! greetings from Indonesia,

thankyou so much for this article, can you tell me how i write arduino code , if i need to make some input then
the motor can rotate for speci ed degree?
for example : ” case A : if input = 1 then rotate 720 degree (2x rotation)”
cas B : if input = 0.5 then rotate 360 degree (1x rotation)”

i really hope you get me, thank you once again

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fred
September 12, 2017

hi
thanks for sharing.
i encounter a problem : i don’t know how to invert the direction of the movement.
depending on which button i will press rst then the stepper will go in that direction no matter which of the 2
buttons i press (back or forward)
is there a speci c proper way to invert the direction ? should i set speed to negative or something ?

my fragment of code :

case btnRIGHT:{
lcd.print(“GO! “);
stepper1.stop();
stepper1.moveTo(20000);
stepper1.run();
break;
}
case btnLEFT:{
lcd.print(“BACK “);
stepper1.stop();
stepper1.moveTo(-20000);
stepper1.run();
break;
}

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shobha
October 25, 2017

can you please provide me c code to drive stepper motor?

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Sarah S
December 29, 2017

Hi!
Thank you for the great information you’ve posted.
I’m designing a gripper for a robotic arm using a stepper motor. I’d like to modify your rst code such that
1) The stepper motor rotates to a certain angle( x number of steps) to open up the gripper
2) Then the motor rotates in the opposite direction (y number of steps) to be able to hold the “prede ned
size” object
3) And at this point I don’t want it to open again, so it could hold on to the object.
I was able to modify your code to obtain the rst two but the problem is I don’t know how to “STOP” the loop
when the motor reaches the “y number of steps”.
I moved the commands from the “loop” function to “setup” (and made the “loop” empty) in order to force it
run only once but the motor doesn’t even move when I do this.
Would you please let me know your suggestions? I don’t know much about programming and Arduino.

Thank you!

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Deve
January 19, 2018

I have 3D Printers that work with the NEMA17 Steppers. My question is, can a person use these smaller
steppers in the same way at relatively the same speeds? I realize these are lighter servos, but I am hoping for
higher response and faster movement than your example. Thanks for the great tutorial.

TDHofstetter
January 23, 2018

There’s a bit of variation in the gear ratios in these steppers, despite the fact that they all share the same exact
model number. Some have an exact 64:1 ratio, some have an approximate 64:1 ratio, and some have an
approximate 16:1 ratio.

Butch
February 2, 2018

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Thanks. Worked great rst time!

Modi ed to run two motors and two ULNs.
Noted that as I increased supply voltage, current increases also. My two motors draw 500mA with no load.

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Jeremy S Cook
February 22, 2018

Thanks so much! After trying another tutorial unuccessfully, this nally got my stepper working

John Stephenson
March 28, 2018

Arduino’s I can handle as I have coding/playing with them for q few years. The real problem for me is nding
the hardware!! Where the heck do you get yours from? p.s. Great post BTW.

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Gwilym
May 2, 2018

Does anybody know where I can nd the operating current for the stepper motor

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JensJ
June 14, 2018

Thanks for the intro. One thing though; I noticed you mentioned having heat issues with some other methods
of running this motor/driver. I am actually experiencing this with your solution described here; After running
the motor for a few minutes it gets to hot to touch, which I don’t really understand. What is to expect?

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