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Stepper Control Using The Accelstepper Library Control Stepper Speed With A Potentiometer

This document describes how to control a stepper motor's speed and position using a potentiometer with an Arduino and the AccelStepper library. It initializes the motor shield and stepper motor, then sets the stepper's speed or target position based on the potentiometer's reading in the loop function, running the stepper motor accordingly.

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Stepper Control Using The Accelstepper Library Control Stepper Speed With A Potentiometer

This document describes how to control a stepper motor's speed and position using a potentiometer with an Arduino and the AccelStepper library. It initializes the motor shield and stepper motor, then sets the stepper's speed or target position based on the potentiometer's reading in the loop function, running the stepper motor accordingly.

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Stepper

 control  using  the  accelstepper  library  


 
Control  stepper  speed  with  a  potentiometer:  
 
#include  <Servo.h>  
#include  <AccelStepper.h>  
#include  <Wire.h>  
#include  <Adafruit_MotorShield.h>  
//#include  "utility/Adafruit_PWMServoDriver.h"  
 
Adafruit_MotorShield  AFMS  =  Adafruit_MotorShield();  
Adafruit_StepperMotor  *joepStepper  =  AFMS.getStepper(64,  1);  
 
void  forwardstep1()  {  
   joepStepper-­‐>onestep(FORWARD,  SINGLE);  
}  
void  backwardstep1()  {  
   joepStepper-­‐>onestep(BACKWARD,  SINGLE);  
}  
AccelStepper  Astepper1(forwardstep1,  backwardstep1);  
 
int  potVal  =  0;  
float  stepperSpeed  =  0.0;  
unsigned  long  lastTime1  =  0;  
int  POT  =  0;  
 
 
void  setup()  {  
   AFMS.begin();  
   Astepper1.setSpeed(100);  
}  
 
 
void  loop()  {  
   potVal  =  analogRead(POT);        //read  the  value  of  the  potentiometer  
     
   //do  some  calculations  to  remap  the  reading  from  the  pot  meter,  speed  now  ranges    
   //from  0.01-­‐500.0  (a  0.0  value  makes  the  stepper  turn  backwards  for    
   //some  reason)  (map  function  does  interger  math).  
   stepperSpeed  =  500*(float(potVal)/1024.0)+0.01;    
     
   Astepper1.setSpeed(stepperSpeed);  //stepperspeed  is  controlled  by  the  potentiometer  
     
   Astepper1.runSpeed();  //  give  the  stepper  a  push  to  make  sure  that  it  runs  on  the  speed  that  was  
specified  
 
}  
 
   
Control  stepper  position  with  a  potentiometer:  
 
#include  <Servo.h>  
#include  <AccelStepper.h>  
#include  <Wire.h>  
#include  <Adafruit_MotorShield.h>  
//#include  "utility/Adafruit_PWMServoDriver.h"  
 
Adafruit_MotorShield  AFMS  =  Adafruit_MotorShield();  
Adafruit_StepperMotor  *joepStepper  =  AFMS.getStepper(64,  1);  
 
void  forwardstep1()  {  
   joepStepper-­‐>onestep(FORWARD,  SINGLE);  
}  
void  backwardstep1()  {  
   joepStepper-­‐>onestep(BACKWARD,  SINGLE);  
}  
AccelStepper  Astepper1(forwardstep1,  backwardstep1);  
 
int  potVal  =  0;  
int  stepperPos  =  0;  
unsigned  long  lastTime1  =  0;  
int  POT  =  0;  
 
 
void  setup()  {  
   AFMS.begin();  
     
   //  create  a  maximum  speed  and  an  acceleration,  these  will  be  used  to  make  the  stepper  move  
   //  don't  create  too  high  a  speed  as  it  will  'loose'  steps  and  no  longer  return  to  the  original  position  
   //  a  high  acceleration  setting  creates  a  more  'linear'  motion,  a  low  setting  an  'easing'  motion  
   Astepper1.setMaxSpeed(200.0);    
   Astepper1.setAcceleration(1000.0);  
}  
 
 
void  loop()  {  
   potVal  =  analogRead(POT);        //read  the  value  of  the  potentiometer  
     
   //put  a  target  position  in  the  stepper  (the  position  it  is  in  when  it  powers  up    
   //is  the  zero  position  by  default,  there  is  no  absolute  known  position  not  a  way    
   //to  read  it  from  the  stepper  motor.)  
   Astepper1.moveTo(potVal);          
     
   Astepper1.run();  //  give  the  stepper  a  push  to  make  sure  that  it  runs  on  the  speed  that  was  specified  
 
}  
 

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