Stepper motor modes: full-step vs. half-step excitation; how the two compare.

Important features of the stepper motor, a high-quality product available at Anaheim Automation. A wide variety of low-cost motion control products are available to choose from, along with the help of a friendly and knowledgeable technical staff.

How do External Linear Stepper Actuators work? Unlike Captive and Non-Captive Stepper Actuators, external linear actuators use a nut in addition to the usual threaded leadscrew. As the motor rotates the screw, the nut translates the rotary motion into linear motion as it moves along the shaft of the leadscrew.

This video will walk you through the steps of installing the drivers for the PCL601 on Windows 7.

This video demonstrates the configuration of PCL501 controllers to control a 4 axis system. This will cover the setup, the connection and instruction set. Our goal will be to slew all four axis simultaneously

This video explains the fundamentals of microstepping compared to full-step excitation.

This video explains how the Captive Linear Actuator motor operates. An internal nut spins a threaded portion of the shaft. This is one feature that contributes to make the shaft come in and out of the motor. The other feature is the two notches that you see on both sides the shaft. These two notches "captures" the shaft and does not allow the shaft to rotate. Without the notch, it will cause the shaft to rotate in place.

This video demonstrates how a Threaded Linear Actuator motor runs. This is a normal step motor with a long threaded shaft. This type of stepper motor is typically used with a threaded nut that travels up and down the shaft.

This video shows how a Non Captive Linear Actuator moves. Both the shaft and the body needs to be secured for proper operation. When the shaft or motor body is not secured, it will spin freely. For this example, the shaft and motor body is secured (due to its weight and placement of wires), resulting it to move up and down the shaft