On Sun, 22 Feb 2015, Erik Christiansen wrote: snip > > On a 3D printer, free of cutting forces, I figure microstepping would be > OK at constant velocity, but rubbery under strong acceleration. At least > it's only full steps that you can permanently lose. >
Actually step motors lose steps in multiples of 4 full steps (a full pole slip = 360 electrical degrees, a full step is 90 electrical degrees) Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
