Stepper motors can be used in various areas of your microcontroller

projects such as making robots, robotic arm, automatic door lock system
Types of Stepper motor:
1 . Unipolar stepper motor 6 wires= 4 coils and 2 common
2 . Bipolar stepper motor 4 wires= 4 coils and no common terminals.

Working of Stepper Motor

When only 1 coil is energized When 2 coil is energized
Half Stepping Full Stepping
Stepper motors can be driven in two different patterns or sequences. namely,

1. Full Step Sequence

2. Half Step Sequence

we will go through these sequences one by one.

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motor\fig\3_full-step.gif
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motor\fig\4_half-step.gif
Steps/Revolution = 360
Step Angle
In 1 full step sequence, motor rotates by 1 tooth pitch.
So, Number of Rotor teeth = Steps/ Revolution
4
P1.0
P1.1
P1.2
P1.3
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INTERFACING OF STEPPER MOTOR WITH MICROCONTROLLER
P1.0
P1.1
P1.2
P1.3
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INTERFACING OF STEPPER MOTOR WITH MICROCONTROLLER