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Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges....

on 2004-02-17 09:27:33 UTC
I have on occasion been known to "accidentally" drop my wife's
mirrored makeup compact on the floor. I then helpfully clean up the
broken mirror shards.

Mariss


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
<davemucha@j...> wrote:
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mariss Freimanis wrote:
> >
> > >That is the point I disagree with. Though a motor may have a +/-
3%
> > >non-accumulative tolerance, it does not mean the steps adjacent
to
> > >the current one will vary by +/-3%. In practice they vary by
much
> > >much less than that. The error is cyclic, i.e. over the span of
a
> > >full revolution, a "wobble" if you will.
> > >
> > >You can easily prove this to yourself. Stand a motor on its end
so
> > >the shaft is vertical. Superglue a 1/2" by 1/2" mirror sliver to
> the
> > >side of the shaft. Use a laser pointer and bounce the beam at a
> right
> > >angle from the mirror to a wall about 10' feet away. Mark the
> > >projected laser spot with a pencil, step the motor and mark the
> new
> > >laser spot. Repeat this a few times.
> > >
> > >There will be much less than a 1% difference when you measure
the
> > >distance between the pencil marks.
> > >
> > >
> > Hey, a great thing to check when you have such a setup is to see
> how much
> > hysteresis "or backlash" there is in a stepper motor. Move CCW
one
> step,
> > mark, then move CCW and back CW one step each, and see how far off
> > the mark is. Anybody actually done this and measure it in % of a
> step?
> >
> > Jon
>
> I'm about to pull apart another HP laserJet II for parts, (anybody
> want stuff, free for the shipping costs)
>
> and inside there is the laser mirror. sound like I can grab that
and
> put it on a NEMA34 and connect that to one of my Gecko's and a
> Xylotex and see how the laser pointer moves on the calibrated chalk
> marks I scratched on the basement wall 30 feet away.
>
> The mirror is simple as it can be easily attached to a timing gear.
>
> I'll be a couple of weeks, but I'll let you know.
>
> Dave

Discussion Thread

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Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-15 13:02:29 UTC Chopper methodology was Re: stepper vs. servo Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-15 13:22:53 UTC Re: Stepper Mid band resonance Help! please... zephyrus@r... 2004-02-15 16:33:25 UTC Re: Chopper methodology was Re: stepper vs. servo Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-15 17:05:54 UTC Chopper methodology was Re: stepper vs. servo turbulatordude 2004-02-15 22:20:30 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - hundreds of microsteps turbulatordude 2004-02-15 22:40:08 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... Jon Elson 2004-02-16 09:39:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: stepper vs. servo - hundreds of microsteps Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-16 10:48:05 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... ballendo 2004-02-16 10:52:22 UTC Chopper methodology was Re: stepper vs. servo jmkasunich 2004-02-16 14:07:51 UTC Re: Stepper Mid band resonance Help! please... Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-16 14:22:28 UTC Re: Stepper Mid band resonance Help! please... jmkasunich 2004-02-16 14:38:26 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... jmkasunich 2004-02-16 14:41:11 UTC Re: Stepper Mid band resonance Help! please... ballendo 2004-02-16 15:25:25 UTC Re: Stepper Mid band resonance Help! please... Jon Elson 2004-02-16 22:01:46 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-17 07:14:02 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... turbulatordude 2004-02-17 08:09:24 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... Mariss Freimanis 2004-02-17 09:27:33 UTC Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges.... Jon Elson 2004-02-17 19:28:16 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: stepper vs. servo - Allegro and ignoring the edges....