mesamune80

Ya i folow exactly what it said to drive the motor but i dunno what i missed out as my motor not moving

ericgibbs

hi,
Can you post ALL of the PIC program so that we can see the method that you are using.?

If its in 'C language' someone else will help out, I write in assembler.

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mesamune80

this is my test program ,cos i want to make sure this motor can run 1st

Symbol pulse1 = PORTC.0 'pulse for m1
Symbol dir1 = PORTC.1 'direction for m1
Symbol pulse2 = PORTC.2
Symbol dir2 = PORTC.3 'direction for m2 vexta

TRISC = %11110000

loop:

dir2 = 1
High PORTC.2 'pulse M2
WaitUs 250
Low PORTC.2 'pulse M2
WaitUs 500

Goto loop

End

ericgibbs

hi,
A quick look at the 'program' would suggest to me that it does not meet the requirements of the motor.!

Do you have a copy of the manufacturers software/program.?

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mesamune80

i am using PIC uC PIC16F877 to control this motor ,software i am using PIC Simulator IDE (basic based)but according to the manual i need to power up the pulse pins and also the directional pin is it? i mean pin 1 and pin 3 i need to connect to 5VDC and pin 2 and 4 to pulse input pin (PORTC.2) and (PORTC.3) one output pulse signal and another one direction signal.

ericgibbs

hi,
You must meet the requirements of the motor as shown in the extract attached.

Do you have the controller and the motor.?
The controller expects to be driven from a MCU.

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mesamune80

ya i am driving the controller with PIC uC, it seem my motor are now working,as i though the controller is internally power up.after study the extract which you posted it need to connect to VDC because b 4 this i straight away connect the uC input to the corresponding pin without any power go in to the corresponding pin :-)

mesamune80

Hi eric now i have 1 issue ,the problem is my motor rotate in a slow speed how can i speed it up it is SLOW.....=_="

ericgibbs

hi,
Are you pulsing the motor as specified in the datasheet, ie 10uSec with a 50%duty cycle.

Have you checked the pulse waveform using an oscilloscope, also what supply voltage do you have to the motor.?

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mesamune80

i am using pulse like

loop:

dir2 = 1
High PORTC.2
WaitUs 500
Low PORTC.2
WaitUs 500
Goto loop

the motor is geared so is 0.036 degree/pulse (basic step angle)

Gear ratio is 20:1

so all this will resulted in my very slow output.

my motor driver is powered with 24VDC.

ericgibbs

Hi,
Looking at these figures, it will be slow, reduce the pulses to say 50uSec as a starting point.
If that works OK, reduce to 25usec and retest.

Lets know what you find.

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mesamune80

okay i'll try it out this one.thanks.

mesamune80

Eric sorry for late reply,i just tried out the timing just now ,i used 50us for 50% duty cycle pulse,the speed had improved but it still quite slow i do you think this is how far it can go?

ericgibbs

hi,
Look at my May15 posted drawing... the limit is 5uSec, which should make it ten times faster than 50uSec, providing your motor is able to respond to 5uSec pulses...OK.

As I suggested, keep reducing the pulse time until you find the motors limit.

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mesamune80

OK,i;ll try doing that hiope can get the motor fastest speed that i desired. thanks!!! ^_^