ST4

Multiple Stepper Motor Control

Features

Control

Control of 4 stepper motors independently. Multiple boards in a network may be controlled through RMV I/O-485 board to a total of 128 stepper motors.

Driver V & amp

All the stepper motors are driven by an L298, which is a high voltage, high current dual full-bridge driver. It can handle a 2 Amp current. The power supply for motors can be up to 48V. For more powerful stepper motors, a simple H-Bridge driver circuit can be added.

Velocity changes

Acceleration and deceleration modes are supported.

PWM

One 10 - 10000 Hz, 0 - 100 % duty cycle Pulse Width Modulation channel.

Stop Pins

Hardware stop pins are available for left and right limits or Home buttons.

Analog to digital converters

The ST4 board supports 10 analog to digital conversion channels. The resolution of the conversion depends on the ADC used. The ST-boards are available with either a 10 or 12 bit AD Converter.

Interrupt lines

10 High and Low interrupt lines.

TTL compatible I/O lines

8 TTL compatible I/O lines.

Control of up to 32 boards

The ST4 can be controlled directly via a standard serial port (from 300 to 115200 Bauds), or attached to our I/O-485 stations. The latter configuration allows the user to control up to 32 ST4 boards from the same serial port, with synchronic triggering of all motors if required

Number of Controllable Motors

Analog to Digital Resolution

ST-Board

4

10

ST4-10

4

12

ST4-12

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