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AVR360: Step Motor Controller

From Atmel Corporation
 

 

This application note describes how to implement a compact size and high-speed interrupt driven step motor controller. Step motors are typically used in applications like camera zoom/film feeder, fax machines, printers, copying machines, paper feeders/ sorters and disk drives.

The high performance of the AVR controller enables the designer to implement high speed step motor applications with low computing requirements of the controller.


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