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Stepper motor non-linearity

A project log for CPU Gauge

An analog gauge with USB, serial and analog interface.

lukasziwaszkiewiczlukasz.iwaszkiewicz 11/30/2014 at 22:490 Comments

Here's the plot showing angle change over time. I put sin on the one winding and cos on the other, and motor spins as expected, but also a little trembling is noticeable. It is as if on every step needle slowed down a little bit. The effect is, that the movement is not smooth as I like it to be. I tried to modify my sin and cos tables, but with no luck. So I used some rotary encoder and measured the angle over time in hope that this information will allow me to somehow modify my arrays and correct the error (this non-linearity is caused by the shape of the rotor and stator I believe).

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