January 6, 2008 --Phidgets released the 1063 PhidgetStepper Bipolar 1-Motor Controller. The 1063 controls the position, velocity and acceleration of one bipolar stepper motor. It allows the very precise positioning of stepper motors; it can handle larger industrial stepper motors and is also suitable for applications that require a lot of torque.The board also includes 4 digital inputs which can be used to convey the state of push buttons, limit switches, relays, logic levels, etc.
Product Specifications
Position Resolution: 1/16th step (40-bit signed)Maximum Position Limit: 239 - 1 1/16th steps (40-bit signed)Minimum Position Limit: -(239 -1) 1/16th stepsVelocity Resolution: 8 1/16th steps/second (11-bit)Velocity Limit: 16,384 1/16th steps/secondAcceleration Resolution: 4,000 1/16th steps/second2 (8-bit)Acceleration Minimum: 4,000 1/16th steps/second2Acceleration Limit: 1,020,000 1/16th steps/second2Minimum Power Supply Voltage: 9VMaximum Power Supply Voltage: 30VMax Current Per Coil: 2.5AUSB-Power Current Specification: 100mA
Software Environment
Users can program Phidgets using a simple yet powerful and well documented Application Programming Interfade (API) that is supported under Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Windows CE, Mac OS X, and Linux. Users can write programs in Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Flash/Flex, Java, Labview, Matlab, ActionScript 3.0, and Cocoa.
Pricing and Availability
The 1063 – PhidgetStepper Bipolar 1-Motor Controller is available now. The suggested resale price is $80.00 Canadian.
