Microprocessor based stepping motor control

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to design and realize a microcomputer based education kit which is used to control a stepping motor in all conditions, such that its capabilities can be studied under software control by the kit's user. The operation principle and types of the stepping motors have been studied and given in the first two chapters. The performance of the stepping motor is determined, to a large extent, by the type of the drive circuit, so various drive systems have been studied and compared with each other. As a new approach "multi-level drive with programmable power supply" has been developed and tested. Monitor and motor drive program provide the user to run the stepping motor with his own program which is developed with the use of monitor facilities or with motor drive program by entering all motor related conditions from the keyboard.