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Stepper motor control

US4156170A · kind A · utility

33Cited by
2References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1977
Grant dateMay 22, 1979
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Expiry dateSep 29, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/43006
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microprocessor controls the operation of a stepper motor. A look-up table containing a sequence of numbers is used to generate up ramp or down ramp speed control of the stepper motor. The microprocessor supplies numbers from the look-up table to a stepper motor speed control, which causes the stepper motor to step at rates determined by the numbers supplied by the microprocessor.

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