Controlling a stepper motor with labview ni community. The stepper motors are from linengineering and the stepper motor driver is from peter norberg consulting. Make sure you have installed the labview interface for arduino. Use the ni example finder to browse or search examples installed on your computer.
Motor control tutorial with labview using l298n h bridge. In the tutorial stepper motor direction control in labview, i will explain you a complete step by step procedure to control the clockwise and counter clockwise direction of the stepper motor with the help of the buttons on the gui created in ni labview using serial communication between arduino and ni labview. I would like to implement a labview switch that allows me to turn a stepper motor onoff at will rather than a fixed number of steps. Virtual instrument gui for 2axis alignment optimization. In this section we will write labview program to control the speed and direction of dc motor. Labview program to control the speed and direction of dc motor. Labview arduino stepper motor more complicated than it needs to be. Stepper motor direction control in labview the engineering. When using the fullstep method, 2 of the 4 coils are powered at each step. Keywords labview, microstepping control, nimyrio, stepper motor pulse generation.
Unlike a brushless dc motor, which rotates continuously when a fixed dc voltage is applied to it, a step motor rotates in discrete step angles. Click on white space on block diagram and follow arduino low level and select digital write. In this tutorial we are going to write the arduino stepper motor code and for that we will program the arduino in such a way that we can enter the number of steps to be taken by the stepper motor through the serial monitor of the arduino. Each output pin on the module can deliver up to 2a to the motor.
Stepper motor control using labview and nimyrio a ganesan1 r nhizanth2 s kamban3 gopalakrishnan. Haydon kerk stepper motor theory, learn how stepper motor linear actuators work. The motor has 4 coils of wire that are powered in a sequence to make the magnetic motor shaft spin. Programming stepper motor control labview jobs, employment. Hi i am using labview 2014 sp1, arduino uno, stepper motor mercury stepper motor sm42byg01125 along with linx sub vis to control stepper motor using easy driver. That, the greater the delay the lower the speed and vice versa. The default stepper library that comes preinstalled with the arduino ide uses this method. Controller stepper motor with labview posted in labview. As you might expect, there is an arduino library to support stepper motors. These examples demonstrate how to use labview to perform a wide variety of test, measurement, control, and. Which is available for download and run on your machine. I just bought a 4 wire stepper motor bipolar i believe from a surplus store, and i want to experiment with controlling the motor via labview. Arduino stepper motor control tutorial with code and. In the current scenario, stepper motors are being used for diverse applications due to its flexibility and ease of control.
Getting started ni smd76 761476157616 stepper motor drives note if you are a new user of labview or ar e unfamiliar with labview, refer to the getting started with labview manual for information about labview and labview terminology. In the tutorial stepper motor direction control in labview, i will explain you a complete step by step procedure to control the clockwise and counter clockwise direction of the stepper motor with the help of the buttons on the gui created in ni labview using serial communication between arduino and ni. The code we are using does not require any libraries, but you could use one to control the stepper motor to give you more options if you want. R4 1,2,3student 4assistant professor 1,2,3,4department of instrumentation and control engineering 1,2,3,4saranathan college of engineering trichy, india abstractin the current scenario, stepper motors are being. I am not good in labview and dont have much knowldge about stepper motor, but this part of my. In the activity, students connect servo motors to myrio and use labview to control rotational position via pwm. As already told in previous article, labview is a graphical programming language. Although it is not super accurate or powerful, it is a great motor to use for smaller projects or if you just want to learn about stepper motors. How to test a tb6600 stepper motor driver controller and stepper motor. How to program the arduino with labview tutorial duration. How to program arduino with labview step by step guide.
In the tutorial stepper motor speed control in labview, i will explain you a complete step by step procedure to control the clockwise and counter clockwise direction of the stepper motor as well as accelerating and decelerating it with the help of the buttons on the gui created in ni labview using serial. Information about the 28byj48 stepper motor and uln2003 driver board. Can you think of a way for me to alter this or create. Using labview to interface arduino to pc via usb port. Access download and support information for stepper configuration utility full toggle navigation.
Im going to use the stepper motors to drive 2 linear actuators with a pitot tube mounted on them so i can take various measurements of air velocity at different points. Interface stepper motor through arduino using labview. I am looking to control 2 stepper motors using a labview program. Labview makerhub view topic linxarduinosteppermotor.
A stepper motor runs on a pulsed current and with each pulse turns some fraction of a full rotation. You can connect any bipolar stepper motor having voltages between 8v to 35 v to these pins. Economical, easy to integrate, and capable of delivering high torque at low speeds, stepper motors provide a good solution for a range of applications. In my application i want to control a stepper motor with labview.
Hello everyone, i want to control on a valve which is run by stepper motor. The 28byj48 is one of the cheapest stepper motors you can find. In the 21st century, process and manufacturing industries. Use serial monitor to test tb6600 stepper motor driver and stepper motor. Design and characterization of a modified tflask bioreactor for continuous monitoring of engineered tissue stiffness. I made this as i am making my own cnc machines and software to control them. Controlling 2 independent stepper motors with variable. To control motor type in commands in serial monitor. The stepper motors therefore are manufactured with steps per revolution of 12, 24. Added a button to the labview code, to switch between steppers. Driving a stepper with arduino, labview and a hbridge l298n lifa for a project in university i had to drive a stepper motor which drives a wormdrive.
Stepper motor speed control in labview the engineering projects. A trimmed down version for a single stepper contolled with l293d. Driving a stepper with arduino, labview and a hbridge. The labview tutorial provides some information on using activex to create control guis for. Else, arduino continue running the motor at current speed. Click on white space on block diagram and follow structure select while. I needed an easy setup for the correlation between current of the lens and focal power. This paper deals with the control of stepper motor using ni myrio. I changed the second stepper to another nema, so i changed the setup value and the name. The only way for a labview program to communicate with the arduino is via serial port. The 28byh48 datasheet specifies that the preferred method for driving this. Etchasketch stepper motor control with labview and arduino duration. The simulation can also be launched on its own from the labview project, motor controller. Using labview to send data that describes motor speed to arduino without.
By varying the zposition, i wanted to find the focus of an electrical tunable lens from optotune. Stepper motor program with a national instruments labview interface. Me stepper driver contents 1 introduction 2 features 3 specification 4 dip switch setting introduction 5 current potentiometer 6 usage 7 resources introduction the me stepper driver v1. Stepper motor speed control in labview the engineering. You can download the complete ni labview simulation here. So in essence the arduino becomes in this scenario a translator. Pdf stepper motor control using labview and nimyrio. A stepper motor is a synchronous brushless motor with an inherently digital function. Created an initial demo labview gui for the arduino code. Max301 with a stepper motor, thumbscrew, and differential actuator attached to.
In the tutorial stepper motor speed control in labview, i will explain. Controlling 2 independent stepper motors with variable speed and direction using u3 and labview hi forum, i have an application with my u3lv where i need to control 2 stepper motors that should be completely independent. By checking the analog value of the xaxis of the joystick we know which direction to move the stepper motor. How to control on the movement of stepper motor in labvie. To tell the arduino stepper library which pins are connected to the motor controller, the following command is used. I want to rotate the motor shaft 60 deg when it receives command from the labviewvisa. Labview arduino stepper motor driver stepper motor. Max301 with a stepper motor, thumbscrew, and differential actuator attached to the x, y, and z axes, respectively.
In the tutorial stepper motor direction control in labview, i will explain you a. If there is a new value, it converts it into integer byte with the same value. This is the most basic example you can have with an arduino, an easy driver, and a stepper motor. After including the stepper library, the four control pins in1 to in4 are defined. In my project for rotating the filter disc i am using a stepper motor, this motor will have a well defined home position by using hall effect sensor. We also provide example code in labview for all phidget devices. However, the amount of current supplied to the motor depends on systems. The complete program can be found at the end of the tutorial few important lines are explained below.
In this project, students learn the about the operation, interface, and control of standard and continuous operation servos. Labview is a development environment for a graphical programming language created by national instruments. You can download the complete simulation for stepper motor speed. Pdf modelling of bldc motor, using labview software. By using labview, you will have access to the complete phidget22 api, including events.
Arduino nema stepper control with joystick and limit switches. Pdf in the current scenario, stepper motors are being used for diverse applications due to its flexibility and ease of control. We can then calculate the maximum number of steps we can go forward from that position and use that as the limit travel the stepper can move. Lab view based micro stepping control of stepper motor. Open the arduino stepper motor example vi search for arduino in the example finder. Tb6600 stepper motor driver tester arduino project hub. Connect the motors four wires to the easy driver note the proper coil connections, connect a power supply of 12v is to the power in pins, and connect the arduinos gnd, pin 8 and pin 9 to the easy driver. Controller stepper motor with labview labview labjack. I downloaded the example from the website, labview stepper example 71 and ive modified it for my use.
Arduino programme is made up of lines of codes but when we interface labview with arduino, lines of codes are reduced into a pictorial program, which is easy to understand and execution time is reduced into half. A stepper motor or a step motor is a brushless, synchronous motor, which divides a full rotation into a number of steps. I am pretty sure you could control the stepper motor directly from labview. Through these activities, students follow steps to demonstrate correct operation of the servo, watch videos involving theory, and participate in a. As far as i know, the motor requires that i energize and deenergize 2 of the wires in a sequece, and have the other two inverted red blue yellow white. The simulation actually simulates both the physical environment and the pdp data collection, so it should be a reasonably accurate reflection of the data you.
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