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From: sharpe@mecad.uta.edu (Todd Sharpe)
Subject: Re: microstepping (?)
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Bernhard Greissing (berni@nugat) wrote:
: There's a method for controling stepper-motors called 'microstepping'.
: Is there anybody who can tell me how this works and 
: about the benefits of this method.

I believe microstepping uses sin wave inputs into a stepper motor to 
produce very small distances between the poles.  Of course, when this is 
done more than one pole is activated but the current will vary between 
the poles so as to define a specific detent position on the rotor. 


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|Todd Sharpe                            |
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