Stepper Motors and Arduino - The Ultimate Guide

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In this tutorial we will learn everything we need to know about controlling stepper motors with Arduino. We will cover how to control a NEMA17 stepper motor in combination with a A4988, a DRV8825 and a TMC2208 stepper driver.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:16 How Stepper Motor Works?
5:32 A4988 Stepper Driver and Arduino
12:15 A4988 Current Limit Setting
14:19 Programming - Code examples
16:55 AccellStepper Library Examples
21:12 Multiple Steppers Control Example
22:57 CNC Shield and Arduino
23:43 DRV8825 Stepper Driver and Arduino
25:54 DRV8825 Current Limit Setting
26:33 TMC2208 Stepper Motor Driver and Arduino
27:51 Noise Levels - A4988 vs DRV8825 vs TMC2208
29:16 Conclusion

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[tomasblazek]

Thank you for this video. I am also looking forward to the next video on the larger stepper motors. One thing I would like to praise the most is the fact that you have tried to explain controling of stepper without libraries. In my opinion it is very important to know how things works before inplementing them. Please keep up working, you are helping many curios minds to create new inventions a creations.

Best regards one young Enginner

[vinxmod]

Well Done. I feel many people would enjoy seeing your suggestion of a Video Tutorial for Larger Stepper motors like the NEMA 23 and NEMA 34 as you mentioned. Thank You for taking the time to make these videos.

[Yosemite_Sam]

Further feedback/comment. The 3 axis stepper Antenna Tuning Unit is now turning all 3 devices backwards and forwards using adaptations of your excellent sketches. Learning by doing (and correcting my mistakes whilst learning) and using your tutorials has worked for me. Still a long way to go. Again thank you. Cheers from OZ.

[OrganizationalEngineering]

Thank you so much! I'm brand new to all of this and trying to build a motorized/automated monitor stand for my sim rig. This video was super clear and easy to follow and I feel like I can go make it happen now, although I still have to figure out the WiFi connection piece. I'll be searching your channel for info on that.

[greendsnow]

I wish I watched this video for the first thing I started my robot arm project. This is so detailed and comprehensive...

[RandomMakingEncounters]

Exactly what I was looking for! I’m working on a camera slider and was relying on some existing code that wasn’t really meeting my needs. This information gives me the foundational information to build a bit more from the ground up!

[davidhryhoryev]

Thank you so much for this video, and for your high precision while describing the video 😄 it helped me really a lot

[JanTecD]

Thank you so much for these videos. I‘m a mechatronics engineering student and while we mostly do theoretical electrical and mechanical engineering at university, your videos help me a lot for my personal projects! Currently working on a DIY tensile test using two stepper motors and a load cell.

[allanminers]

Congratulations.This is an excellent presentation.Close to the best I have seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[navid]

Best tutorial on stepper motor drivers ever! Very comprehensive.

[momentsbruh]

Thank you very much, i’m doing a project with 2 stepper motors and your video help alot. Looking for your new video 🎉

[shanijagatiya]

Best video to understand about stepper motors, sir. I love your work 😘👌🫂🫂

[TheSquire]

Oh my God thank you very much. I've been wondering why my setup wasn't working with my TMC 2209 until I saw your wire from EN to ground. Thank you.😊

[joseosorio]

Of course I enjoyed the video very much! Thank you for this excellent class!

[adamoulegion]

Thank you for the video. This has helped me a lot in understanding stepper motors and how they work.

[PhG]

Excellent video and very well explained/documented.

[aaron]

Where have you been my whole life!!! Man super sweet tutorial!!!

[narayan]

hats off to the efforts putted in video, explaining every detail while making it quite engaging.

[andreayalagonzalez]

Thanks for explaining everything carefully and saying every detail, great video, you really do the homework!!!

[robertwebb]

thanks for a comprehensive explanation.