Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DC motor as replacement for Stepper motor

At 11:06 AM 1/22/02 -0700, you wrote:

>As I understood the question, Ramel asked about using a DC motor as a
>stepper motor, not as a servo motor. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't
>think you could use a DC motor as a stepper motor.

If you keep track of where the steps are supposed to go, and servo to that
position using the encoder on the motor for feedback, you have a DC servo
that is pretending to be a stepper from the POV of the computer.

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