WiFi Stepper Motor Controller with Web-based Interface
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- The WiFi Stepper is a powerful and versatile wifi-connected stepper motor controller that can support a single stepper motor of up to 85 volts at 10 amperes. Today I’ll show you how to use this device along with its web-based user interface to perform all sorts of tricks with a NEMA 17 stepper motor.
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Today I’m testing a very interesting piece of technology that was sent to me by its creator, Andrew Klofas of Good Robotics. It’s a wifi-controlled stepper motor controller with some very impressive capabilities and specifications.
Andrew is crowdfunding this project on Crowd Supply - www.crowdsupply.com/good-robo....
The device, as its name would imply, will allow you to control a stepper motor over wifi. It will support both very small and very large stepper motors, anything up to 85 volts at 10 amps!
I tested it with a 12-volt NEMA 17 type stepper motor and it performed very well. The web-based interface allowed mt to control=virtuially every aspect of the stepper, and it even allowed me to operate it in “Servo Mode”, giving my stepper motor “servo-like” behavior.
The board makes use of four main components:
ESP8266 WiFi controller.
powerSTEP01 stepper motor driver.
Microchip ATECC508A crypto-authentication module.
Maxim MAX15062 high-efficiency voltage regulator.
Together these work with a web-based interface that will allow you to drive a stepper motor in three different modes using either voltage or current control. It supports an external switch that can stop or reverse the motor, as well as several connections to both the ESP8266 and powerSTEP01 controller.
You can also make use of Bash or Python scripts to control the motor without the web-based interface, making it possible to incorporate the WiFi Stepper into your programs or automation sequences. I’ll show you an example using a Bash script on a Raspberry Pi.
Here is the Table of Contents for today's video:
00:00 - Introduction
03:02 - WiFi Stepper Motor Controller
07:13 - Getting Started
11:07 - Web-Based User Interface
13:58 - Speed Control Mode
18:04 - Voltage vs Current Control
20:44 - Servo Control Mode
22:44 - External Step Clock Mode
27:29 - Bash Scripts
As always I have an article that goes along with the video, you can find it at - .
If you are interested in getting a WiFi Stepper of your own check out the crowdfunding campaign at www.crowdsupply.com/good-robo...
I’d like to thank Andrew Klofas at Good Robotics for sending me this evaluation board of his product, the WiFi Stepper. I’m looking forward to putting it to use in one of my projects very soon. - Jak na to + styl
I've found a new home. I've just watched 2 hours of stepper motor video and still want more. Thank you!
These video tutorials are simply awesome. He is so incredibly detailed, so methodical and a pleasure to watch. If he teaches formal classes in a college I’d sign up in a heartbeat.
This man is an awesome instructor! I can understand everything he is teaching, and as a new student in electronics, that is not easy. His logic, his attention to detail, and his slow and methodical instructions are what make him such a great master instructor. Definitely, I will be back.
Your tutorials are SOoo well done. It really provided a marvelous introduction to stepper control, and that WiFi stepper controller. Thankyou.
And would love to have a tour of your workshop - I am in the process of setting up a dedicated electronics bench and am trying to pick up ideas. I've never seen any shop as organized, or as elegant looking, as yours. So the tour would be a real blessing.
Not just clever, but very useful as well - the "Internet Of Things" will find this to be a must have tool.
Thank you for sharing...
..well done on another great video, everything is so well presented it's a pleasure to watch your work. You're a good kind solid human being, i think we're learning more from you than we realise, a sincere thank you 🍺 cheers
You are so right, we are learning to calm down and take a few! Just Just take it easy and be nice! He's reminding us of the manners that used to be so important, and need to be again.And then we get to learn more with the tech! It's a round Package
Wow! Another awesome video, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. I enjoy all of the videos you’ve made, they are very professionally created and edited. Thanks again.
I haven't even landed my arduino kit and I'm already saving code because of you. Well done that man.
This man is an awesome instructor! I can understand everything he is teaching amazing and perfect
Every time I watch your videos and see your workshop and how need it is I get jealous :-) i thoroughly enjoy your videos, thank you, it's like mr. Rogers meets high tech
Great video, great looking product and excellent stepper motor tutorial!
Your videos are great, thank you for all your time and effort.
Just starting to use my HAM license and working to tune a magnetic loop antenna in my attic for shortwave radio. And control its rotation. And to make my mother-in-law even sweeter than she is.
Thanks for your help!
Very good video! Thanks to you now I know about this WiFi stepper. Just the system I've been looking for. Now I know how it works.
Very good explained. Thank you Sir.
Thanks so much for your amazing tutorials
Awesome! didn't know about this device! Thank you!
Really great video as always. Thank you...
Great video, keep up the good work!
Excellent ! And very instructive.
Another great video. Thanks!
Nice episode, and interisting board.
Gr8 Sir. Well explained the product.
Always with a nice presentation thanks
Waw, awesome ! You're a real genious !
Thanks for sharing
very nice topic! thanks.
Great Videos...nice in Clear...
Sorry for the same comment again! But. Please can you make a video of your workshop tour! Everytime I watch your video I always wish to see the full review of your workshop! ..
please!
Thanks in advance
Cheers!
Great job
Very very good
Wow, that’s a *very* well thought out (and executed) peripheral! Incredibly mature implementation - esp for a first revision! I’m guessing this is not Andrew’s first rodeo ;) And I must say you did an excellent demo of its capabilities. 👍 to both of you!
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I was stupid lost the account password. I appreciate any tips you can give me.
@Zayden Parker Instablaster ;)
@Cooper Ian I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm trying it out atm.
Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Cooper Ian It worked and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thank you so much, you really help me out !
@Zayden Parker Happy to help :D
Useful video 👍 Excellent
Thank you very mach teacher 😘
You are Awesome
Very cool video! could you make a video about the stand alone ESP8266 module aswell?
Great tutorial! I wonder if you can add to your list how to create a similar (generic?) web interface. I am assuming that the one in this video is specific to this project.
For complex IoT, Raspberry Pi (or the like) is the way to go. Arduino and ESP* are very useful, too, but over time you need cameras, audio, etc., and microconttollers just falls short. Thank you!.
Amazing, can i control motor with encoder like a servo through web interface???
Can this setup be used in a CNC MINI-MILL using a 24V power supply and 3- NEMA 23 HD stepper motors with the PI?
Really like your channel and your articulate pronunciation of all your words!
i agree!
Great video! May I ask is it possible to control up to 3 steppers simultaneously using wifi?
Would make an excellent tuning controller for a magnetic loop antenna...
A very informative video, thank you. J
Funny you should comment on controlling a loop antenna. That is exactly the reason I am here. I just built a 40-20M loop. KE0UNJ
@DroneBot Can you tell me what is the range of input voltage and is it an AC or DC? Thank you.
Thank you for your videos, very educational and thoroughly explained. I have a question, wondering if this is the place to ask it, I am a jewelry photographer, I am looking for a motor that is very smooth (no kicks no vibrations, just smoothest possible) purpose is to hang a chain or necklace from the motor wit an upside down T and be able to have it turn without any resistance or kinks during the turn, question is what kind of motor do I need, or what is the smoothest stepper motor for that might work my purpose. Thank you.
Hi there. I found your channel while i m searching info for wifi (and later alexa) controled curtains project. I think the best motor type is steeper motor type and probably controlled by arduino with motor shield. But i need to control 3 different motor with one arduino, is it possible? Which hardware do you suggest ? Also i am new to this which coding will be easy for a newbie
excellent a great video . where can i get this device?
I would be interested in a wifi stepper controller if it could control 2 to 4 stepper motors is that even possible ?? nice product though :)
@DroneBot, well done video with great instruction. Can you recommend a 4 channel stepper motor controller board. Or there is a way I can control 4 of these from the RasberyPI without having 4 different WiFi stick on the RasberyPI? Any recommendation from any one? THank you.
Did you ever solve this issue? I'd like to know if I can control 4 steppers that I want to perform the same move at the same time with just one board
Do you know of any Arduino shields to drive a single brushless gimbal motor using an external PWM signal for positioning? I'd like to build an FPV head tracker and rather than use a traditional servo to rotate/pan the camera, I'd like to use a BGM - it would be smoother and has the benefit of offering a full 306 degrees of rotation (if I have to I can use a StorM32 controller but they take up a lot of space.) Love your channel, btw! 👍
Perhaps, find 4 of these WiFiStep and the RasberryPI can join an external AP. But it is add an addition cost and another communication device in the middle which I would not want to do. Anyone have any idea or suggestion on a different controller board? that can handle 4 stepper motor?
please make a video on nrf24l01
Will this drive two motors (not at the same time) with some sort of interrupt? I want to remotely turn two knobs/shafts independently and one at a time but use a a compact device like this that I can mount into an existing enclosure.
Hello, would you be able to do a tutorial on using a rotary controller to control a stepper motor via Bluetooth
How would you be able to control multiple stepper motors with this?
245% funded. - Funded on 02/22/19 - Still in pre-order phase - what their site says
Hi any chance do you have link to perches WiFi Stepper Motor Controller with Web-based Interface please
Can it be programmed to do a certain amount of turns per minute or hour? look to make my own DIY watch winder with it.
Does it have g-code and mesh networking capabilities?
where or when can we buy one?
Do you have a solution with sim card instead of wifi, which I can buy? I want to build a solution, which from mobile app, can be controlled and used to crane a device up and down
Where can i buy the wifi controller now?
Can u supply stepper motor with switch different degrees control by us
"Good Robotics" tough to get product from... and dismal communications on delivery. Perhaps due to the Covid19 issues but... idk.
Interesting product. While I understand it is pre release and not mandatory alarm bells should be ringing when you allow external servers to have control over ANYTHING capable of manipulating the real world. Suggest you at least make mention of safety issues should WiFi and server failure creating a safety issue for similar products. There is a reason industry uses wires.
Got a solution now... I can turn the RasberryPI into a WiFi Access Point which will allow multiple WiFi Stepper to join in.
can you tell me how is that work? I mean how? i'm a newbie
Yeew
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Is it just me, or is the 1/16 micro stepping not working? It looks like it's full stepping all the time in all the experiments.
Great video thanks for it! But please, please do not use the second camera anymore. It still looks awkward and never seen in professional videos. To be clear, I really like your vids but without the distraction it would be even better.
I noticed this too. This isn't criticism of an excellent video just a helpful tip. In editing, cut between cameras before turning attention to the second camera. Simple and easy! It's just like turning your attention from one member of the audience to another.
if only it had Depeche Mode...