Bi Polar Stepper Motor With L293D and Arduino

Hi,

I had a Bi Polar stepper motor lying, which I'll be using to create a Dolly for my DSLR.

Components used:

Arduino Uno
Stepper Motor ML17A3 B (This is the model no printed on motor)
Breadboard
L293D
9v Battery Pack
Some Jumper cables

To make the connections, follow the circuit diagram.

Step 1: Connections on Breadboard

The images show the step by step connections made on bread board. I started off with GND pins and then to the motor and then Arduino and finally the Battery Pack.

Step 2: Code

I used the code from Arduino IDE. I tried with stepper_OneRevolution and stepper_OneStepAtATime example and they worked fine. The code is listed below.

/*
This program drives a unipolar or bipolar stepper motor. The motor is attached to digital pins 8 - 11 of the Arduino. The motor should revolve one revolution in one direction, then one revolution in the other direction. Created 11 Mar. 2007 Modified 30 Nov. 2009 by Tom Igoe */

#include

const int stepsPerRevolution = 200; // change this to fit the number of steps per revolution // for your motor

// initialize the stepper library on pins 8 through 11:

Stepper myStepper(stepsPerRevolution, 8,9,10,11);

void setup() {
// set the speed at 60 rpm:
myStepper.setSpeed(60);
// initialize the serial port:
Serial.begin(9600); }

void loop() {

// step one revolution in one direction:
Serial.println("clockwise");
myStepper.step(stepsPerRevolution);
delay(500);
// step one revolution in the other direction:
Serial.println("counterclockwise");
myStepper.step(-stepsPerRevolution);
delay(500); }