Hello! I'm building a mechanical system which needs a lever to move periodically, there's a lever that needs to balance, and I've placed contact switches on either sides so when it tilts a little, a stepper motor pulls it back.
I've seen most stepper drivers giving continuous operation, can I get a circuit idea for a literal "stepped" operation? For example, if the lever tilts, it makes contact with the switch on that side, and the stepper motor pulls it back in steps until it reaches the center again. It would be great I can control the number of steps and the time interval between them, so that the lever can be brought back in a periodic manner. Hope that makes sense.
The best I could think of was to use a regular stepper driver, and pass it through a 555 timer pulse generator that makes and breaks the signal. Can someone suggest any ideas? I'm using a unipolar 6 wire stepper, a simple circuit without a microcontroller would be helpful
Thank you!
I've seen most stepper drivers giving continuous operation, can I get a circuit idea for a literal "stepped" operation? For example, if the lever tilts, it makes contact with the switch on that side, and the stepper motor pulls it back in steps until it reaches the center again. It would be great I can control the number of steps and the time interval between them, so that the lever can be brought back in a periodic manner. Hope that makes sense.
The best I could think of was to use a regular stepper driver, and pass it through a 555 timer pulse generator that makes and breaks the signal. Can someone suggest any ideas? I'm using a unipolar 6 wire stepper, a simple circuit without a microcontroller would be helpful
Thank you!