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Hello Stepper Motor

hello stepper
This board is a “hello world” for running a basic stepper motor board..   To make it yourself – download the Fab Academy board diagrams / .pngs and code.

To Program the Board / Motor to Do a Half Turn

sudo make -f hello.stepper.44.half.make program-usbtiny

To Program the Board / Motor to Do a Full Turn

sudo make -f hello.stepper.44.full.make program-usbtiny

To Program the Board / Motor to Do a Wave

sudo make -f hello.stepper.44.wave.make program-usbtiny

I had trouble getting this board to work at first, the motor would turn back and forth only a small amount, not the full or half turn that the program specified. Then I checked the jumper wires. One of the wires was bad (the header was not connected). After replacing the faulty wire, the motor ran.

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