Re: Losing steps...

> Also, I was reading Mariss' white papers on stepper vs. servo, and

I

> need some clarification on one of the disadvantages of stepper
> systems: 3) Low accuracy. 1:200 at full load, 1:2000 at light
> loads. Can someone explain exactly what the above statement means.
>

It means at full load you can't count on the microstepping to be
accurate, so you only count the motors 200 steps per rev. With very
light loads, though, you can count the microstepping and thus have
2000 steps per rev. I'm pretty sure this is correct.

Gerry