Stepper Motors & Drivers

[Tommy Huang]

While it was 90 degrees Fahrenheit outside, I wanted to consider replacing the automatic door on my chicken coop. I watched Bill's video on stepper motors and drivers and I think I picked the right unit. I wanted to make sure I picked the right stepper motor (I had no specs on the weight of the door, stroke length, etc.). This is my first time working with stepper motors.

The vision is to integrate this with an existing ESP32-S3 system. The ESP32-S3 will communicate with the A4988 H-bridge motor driver.

For the stepper motor, I chose the Nema 17 stepper motor.

Since there are so many variations of the nema 17, I wanted to confirm if this unit would work or possibly suggest a better option.

Thanks

[Douglas Meltzer]

Tommy,

Interesting!I know we’ve used stepper motors in relation to film digitizing setups, however I think this our first post that involves a chicken coop. Our members are normally more interested in flicks than flocks!