AT-Mitteilung

Let there be Steps

Let there be Steps

Certainly you heard about stepper drives and if you have a 3D printer in your maker-lab, you definitively heard the stepper motors inside. And you probably know the lyrics of the AC/DC's song Let there be rock. Having said this...

"Let there be ...[magnets], and there was ...[magnets].

Let there be ...[iron], and there was ...[iron].

Let there be ...[copper], and there was ...[copper].

Let there be ...[movements], and there was ...[movements].

Oh, let there be ...[steppers]!"

Hopefully the citation is correct :-)

Actually you need to know about signal theory, PLC programming, App development and motion-control to create some funny stuff. Here's an impression, what students realized with this knowledge after joining several modules in industrial automation. With an SBC platform it's not trivial but with an industrial motion controller it's another level.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Engels

Figures: E. Engels