NI Stepper Motion System Selection Guide

Overview
The National Instruments Stepper Motion Selection Guide is your free online resource that will guide you in selecting
the hardware and software components you need to build your complete stepper motion control system.

Figure 1: Stepper Motion Control System Overview

Four Steps to Stepper Motion Control

Step 1. Select Stepper Drive and Step 2. Select Motion Controller
Motor
Use this step to select the right NI
Use this step to select the right NI Motion Controller
Stepper Motors and Drive

Step 3. Select Accessories and Step 4. Select Software

Cables
Use this step to select software to
Use this step to select the NI Motion quickly prototype and deploy your
accessories and cables application

Step 1. Select Stepper Drive and Motor

The first step is to select the right stepper motor and drive combination for your application. Below you will find a
breadth of stepper drives and motors that NI offers. Selecting the right motor and drive is very important for the
performance of your application.

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Stepper Drive–Stepper drives translate command signals received from the motion controller to current that causes
rotation in the motor. NI offers 1, 2 and 4 axes stepper drives with a range of power ratings. You can use these drives
with NI or 3rd party stepper motors.

Stepper Motor–Stepper motors are permanent magnet motors that increment one step each time the motion controller
sends out one pulse. When stopped they hold their position. NI offers stepper motors in NEMA 17, 23 and 34 sizes with
a range of torque ratings and single shaft for open loop operation or dual shaft to mount encoder for closed loop
operation for each size.

NI Stepper Drives
Specifications Units P70530 P70360 MID-7602 MID-7604

Axes Per Drive - 1 1 2 4

Input Voltage Volts 20-75 VDC 120/240 VAC

Bus Voltage VDC 20-75 320 24

Cont. Current Amps rms 5 2.5 1

Peak Current Amps peak 7.1 3.5 1.4

Max Shaft Power Watts 300 525 80 (all axis combined)

Step Resolution - 200-50,000 steps/rev x2 - x250

Dimensions WxHxL in (mm) 1.14 × 4.2 × 4.4 2.06 × 6.7 × 5.2 10 × 1.7 × 12.1

(29 × 107 × 111) (52.3 × 170 × 132) (254 × 43 × 307)

Ambient Degree C 0-45 0-40

Temperature

Motor Inductance mH 2-15 50-200

Range

Connectivity to NI - *Connect multiple drive using NI *Direct with SHC68-C68-S cable

PCI/PXI Motion UMI-7772/7774 or NI UMI 7764
Controller

Mounting - Panel Rack Mount

• Encoderless stall detection • Microstepping

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 • Microstepping • Current reduction
Features - • Motor wave shape tuning for ultra smooth
low speed operation • Selectable polarity for inhibit and limit
• Mid-band anti-resonance control switches
• Idle and rest current adjustment
• Current reduction

NI Stepper Motors

Motors for P70360 Drive

View Torque/Speed Curves

Phase
Motor NEMA Size Step Angle Dual Shaft Holding Torque Rotor Inertia Inductance
(mH)
for Encoder
(N·m) (oz-in) (kg-m2 x (oz-in-s2)
10-3)
T21NRLC-LNN-NS-00
23 1.8° - 1.27 180 0.0248 0.0034 209
T21NRLC-LDN-NS-00
23 1.8° Yes 1.27 180 0.0248 0.0034 209

T22NRLC-LNN-NS-00
23 1.8° - 1.98 280 0.0408 0.0056 209

T22NRLC-LDN-NS-00
23 1.8° Yes 1.98 280 0.0408 0.0056 209

T23NRLC-LNN-NS-00
23 1.8° - 2.68 380 0.0612 0.0084 136

T23NRLC-LDN-NS-00
23 1.8° Yes 2.68 380 0.0612 0.0084 136

N31HRLG-LNK-NS-00
34 1.8° - 4.52 641 0.1430 0.0202 138

N31HRLG-LEK-M2-00
34 1.8° Yes 4.52 641 0.1430 0.0202 138

N32HRLG-LNK-NS-00
34 1.8° - 8.76 1240 0.2680 0.0380 206

N32HRLG-LEK-M2-00
34 1.8° Yes 8.76 1240 0.2680 0.0380 206

N33HRLG-LNK-NS-00
34 1.8° - 12.08 1710 0.4000 0.0567 144

N33HRLG-LEK-M2-00
34 1.8° Yes 12.08 1710 0.4000 0.0567 144

Motors for P70530 Drive

View Torque/Speed Curves

Phase
Motor NEMA Size Step Angle Dual Shaft Holding Torque Rotor Inertia Inductance
(mH)
for Encoder
(N·m) (oz-in) (kg-m2 x (oz-in-s2)
10-3)

CTP10ELF 17 1.8° - 0.30 43 0.0040 0.0005 7.7

10MAA00

CTP10ELF 17 1.8° Yes 0.30 43 0.0040 0.0005 7.7

10MMA00

CTP11ELF 17 1.8° - 0.44 62 0.0050 0.0008 11

11MAA00

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CTP11ELF 17 1.8° Yes 0.44 62 0.0050 0.0008 11
11MMA00

CTP12ELF 17 1.8° - 0.56 80 0.0070 0.0011 12

10MAA00

CTP12ELF 17 1.8° Yes 0.56 80 0.0070 0.0011 12

10MAA00

T21NRLH-LNN-NS-00
23 1.8° - 1.27 180 0.0248 0.0034 4.6

T21NRLH-LDN-NS-00
23 1.8° Yes 1.27 180 0.0248 0.0034 4.6
T22NRLG-LNN-NS-00
23 1.8° - 1.98 280 0.0408 0.0056 7.1
T22NRLG-LDN-NS-00
23 1.8° Yes 1.98 280 0.0408 0.0056 7.1
T23NRLH-LNN-NS-00
23 1.8° - 2.68 380 0.0612 0.0084 6.2
T23NRLH-LDN-NS-00
23 1.8° Yes 2.68 380 0.0612 0.0084 6.2
N31HRHJ-LNK-NS-00
34 1.8° - 4.55 645 0.1430 0.0202 3.5

N31HRHJ-LEK-M2-00
34 1.8° Yes 4.55 645 0.1430 0.0202 3.5

N32HRHJ-LNK-NS-00
34 1.8° - 8.43 1195 0.2700 0.0380 6.5

N32HRHJ-LEK-M2-00
34 1.8° Yes 8.43 1195 0.2700 0.0380 6.5
N33HRHJ-LNK-NS-00
34 1.8° - 12.07 1710 0.4000 0.0567 9.0

N33HRHJ-LEK-M2-00
34 1.8° Yes 12.07 1710 0.4000 0.0567 9.0

Motors for MID-7602 and MID-7604

View Torque/Speed Curves

Phase
Motor NEMA Size Step Angle Dual Shaft Holding Torque Rotor Inertia Inductance
(mH)
for Encoder
(N·m) (oz-in) (kg-m2 x (oz-in-s2)
10-3)

CTP10ELF 17 1.8° - 0.30 43 0.0040 0.0005 7.7

10MAA00

CTP10ELF 17 1.8° Yes 0.30 43 0.0040 0.0005 7.7

10MMA00

CTP11ELF 17 1.8° - 0.44 62 0.0050 0.0008 11

11MAA00

CTP11ELF 17 1.8° Yes 0.44 62 0.0050 0.0008 11

11MMA00

CTP12ELF 17 1.8° - 0.56 80 0.0070 0.0011 12

10MAA00

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CTP12ELF 17 1.8° Yes 0.56 80 0.0070 0.0011 12
10MMA00

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Step 2. Select Motion Controller

The second step is to select a motion controller. A motion controller takes user specified target positions and move
constraints including maximum velocity, acceleration, and deceleration and creates a trajectory for the motors to follow.

NI stepper motion controllers implement a patented step generation algorithm. This algorithm averages the pulse
frequency over multiple time slices, resulting in smoother moves.

Feature NI 733x Low Cost Stepper NI 734x Full Featured NI 735x High Performance
Controller Stepper/Servo Controller Stepper/Servo Controller
Axes
2, 4 2, 4 2, 4, 6, 8
PAC Platforms
PCI, CompactPCI/PXI
Linear, Circular, Spherical, and
Helical Interpolation; Blending Yes Yes Yes
Trapezoidal, S-Curve Profiles
Yes Yes Yes
Closed-Loop Stepper Control
Yes Yes Yes
Contouring, Electronic Gearing,
On-Board Programming - Yes Yes
Buffered Breakpoints, Buffered
High-Speed Capture, 4 MHz - - Yes
Periodic Breakpoints
PWM Lines/DIO Lines
2/32 2/32 2/64
Analog Input Resolution
- 12-bit 16-bit
Maximum Step Output
Rate/Encoder Input Rate 4 MHz/20 MHz 4 MHz/20 MHz 8 MHz/20 MHz
Programming API
NI-Motion Driver

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Step 3. Select Accessories and Cables

A variety of accessories and cables options are available to connect the NI Motion controllers to stepper drives. Based
of the drive you select from one of the following connectivity options.

Note: Most motion control setting on the P70530 and P70360 drives can be configured using dip switches. A serial
programming cable (P7S2-232-9D, NI Part #: 780099-01) is required for select settings.

P70530 and P70360 Stepper Drive Connectivity Options

NI MID-7602 and MID 7604 Stepper Drive Connectivity Option

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Step 4. Select Software

National Instruments offers motion control software products for rapidly creating programs in National Instruments
LabVIEW, C, or Visual Basic with centralized (plug-in) or distributed motion controllers. Prototype your motion
application and convert your project into ready-to-run NI LabVIEW or C code with NI Motion Assistant. Create custom
motion controllers in LabVIEW with the NI SoftMotion Development Module for LabVIEW.

NI Motion Assistant for Interactive Prototyping

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