michrod1234
New Member
Hi all!
So I am new to this forum and this question may or may not be answered already or in the incorrect spot. Please let me know if either of those are true
Okay...so I'm starting a project and will be using a stepper motor for the first time. Problem is...I didn't realize that stepper motors can't give feedback and tell me their position? I thought about switching to a servo, but it doesn't quite fit the needs of my project.
But I DO need some kind of way to know the position of the stepper I'll be using. I need to add 'something' to it. I thought about using a compass, but I'm wondering if anyone with more experience has any better ideas? A friend of mine suggested an encoder...but I'm not really sure how that would work and couldn't find a detailed enough resource on the internetz.
Any ideas?
Appreciated!
So I am new to this forum and this question may or may not be answered already or in the incorrect spot. Please let me know if either of those are true
Okay...so I'm starting a project and will be using a stepper motor for the first time. Problem is...I didn't realize that stepper motors can't give feedback and tell me their position? I thought about switching to a servo, but it doesn't quite fit the needs of my project.
But I DO need some kind of way to know the position of the stepper I'll be using. I need to add 'something' to it. I thought about using a compass, but I'm wondering if anyone with more experience has any better ideas? A friend of mine suggested an encoder...but I'm not really sure how that would work and couldn't find a detailed enough resource on the internetz.
Any ideas?
Appreciated!