Dear all,
I would like to control a stepper motor using PIC18F.
I have a driver circuit for this motor.
The driver circuit allows me to give an input pulse to control the motor.
To control the speed of the motor, I should be able to produce pulses with different frequencies.
I have the following questions :
1. Is a microcontroller a good solution for controlling a motor with a driver circuit? I mean mainly for generation of pulses...? or better to use NI cards and DAQs (in output modes) to generate pulses?
2. Is, for example a PIC18F microcontroller fast enough to generate pulse with high frequencies? I mean what is the max frequency we can acheive with a microcontroller?
3. I want to produce pulses by opening/closing a port. Is it the right way?
Many thanks,
Bests regards
I would like to control a stepper motor using PIC18F.
I have a driver circuit for this motor.
The driver circuit allows me to give an input pulse to control the motor.
To control the speed of the motor, I should be able to produce pulses with different frequencies.
I have the following questions :
1. Is a microcontroller a good solution for controlling a motor with a driver circuit? I mean mainly for generation of pulses...? or better to use NI cards and DAQs (in output modes) to generate pulses?
2. Is, for example a PIC18F microcontroller fast enough to generate pulse with high frequencies? I mean what is the max frequency we can acheive with a microcontroller?
3. I want to produce pulses by opening/closing a port. Is it the right way?
Many thanks,
Bests regards