Re: Microstepping

Steve, it varies depending on the product.
Our future product makes one 8th step
per step pulse, allowing proper 8th stepping
to full speeds. It is always fixed at 8th
steps, or 1/4 steps determined by a dipswitch.
-Roman



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Steve Greenfield <polymorph@p...>
wrote:

> -Warning! Danger, danger, newbie question ahead!-
>
> I just want to get a clarification about the microstepping Lawrence

and

> others are talking about, using PIC or other microcontrollers:
>
> Is the idea that the computer/software just sends step and direction

as

> usual, and the microcontroller then handles moving the stepper in

1/4 or

> 1/8 steps? IE, the software thinks it is moving the stepper one full
> step, as far as it is concerned, and the microcontroller handles the
> part where it really moves the stepper by 1/8 steps.
>
> Steve Greenfield