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Stepper Motor Controller

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Name: steppermotordrive
Created: Apr 23, 2004
Updated: Dec 16, 2005
SVN Updated: Mar 10, 2009
SVN: Browse
Latest version: download (might take a bit to start...)
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Bugs: 0 reported / 0 solved
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Other project properties

Category:Communication controller
Language:VHDL
Development status:Stable
Additional info:FPGA proven
WishBone compliant: No
WishBone version: n/a
License: GPL

Description

A very simple project for controlling any standard 4 or 6 wire stepper motor. Only difference between 4 and 6 wire mode is the MOSFET driver circuit (6 wire steppers are considerably simpler...)

Features

- Simple VHDL for beginners; well documented
- NPL project file for immediate evaluation in Xilinx ISE/Webpack tools
- Quickly get a stepper motor running for testing or prototyping
- Questions/Comments: http://www.franks-development.com

Project Contents

- StepperMotor.npl, project file for Xilinx ISE/Webpack
- StepperMotorDrive.vhd, source code
- StepperMotorDrive.ucf, constraints file for pin assignments, etc.
- StepperMotorWiring.bmp, schematic for connecting motors. Given MOSFETS with sufficiently low Vgs-on, can be driven directly from logic.