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INTRODUCTION

A PIC12C508 can be congured as a bi-directional
stepper motor controller. A 4-wire stepper motor can be
driven forward or reverse, set to turn freely or held while
the rotor is locked. This application requires no extra
components.
Author: Dana Peterson
Peterson Engineering
Williams, AZ
USA
DanaGP@aol.com

TABLE 1: TABLE OF MODES OF
OPERATION

Inputs:
Operations:
I1 I0

0 0 rotor free
0 1 turn CW
1 0 turn CCW
1 1 rotor locked

Low-Cost Stepper Motor Controller

FIGURE 1: BLOCK DIAGRAM
PIC12C508
Motor
I 0
I 1
+V

SIMPLECIRCUIT

SimpleCircuit
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