Saia® Engineering Evaluation Kit-2 for Rotational or Linear Unipolar and Bipolar Stepper Motors

Stepper motors are very flexible motion control devices.
They are found in countless industrial, consumer and
automotive applications. Based on the wide variety of
applications in which these motors are found, there are
equally as many drive circuits and controls in use with
them. The development, test and optimization of any
new stepper drive can be a time consuming and costly
procedure for a development engineer.
To alleviate this potential design headache, Saia
has developed a unique PCB that enables a design
engineer to test, modify, and optimize a driver for their
application economically and within a short time frame by
experimenting with a library of circuits and drive modes.
The Evaluation Kit for stepper motors is a universal
development and test tool allowing fast prototype
development, as well as flexible application support.
One company with no experience using stepper motors
was able to begin testing in just a few minutes after
receiving the kit. The Evaluation Kit provided instant
feedback and results that reduced their development
time thus decreasing time to market. The kit provided an
avenue for their engineers to quickly change drive mode,
step frequency and the ability to power the motor in their
assembly.
The Saia Evaluation Kit performs all of the complex
commands internally, while providing a visual
confirmation back to the engineers via a windowsbased
computer. Our hardware and software tools were
developed to perform a multitude of functions. This
combination enables the design engineer to test, modify
and optimize any stepper motor drive application within
short time and relatively low costs.

~ by hotshottiff on September 26, 2009.