What's the difference between DC and stepper motor in tracking system?

hi all
i work in a tracking system project
i need to know what kind of motor i can use ??
what is the differance in DC & stepper motors in tracking system
help me please
SZ

stepper vs dc

Sherif zakaria said:

hi all
i work in a tracking system project
i need to know what kind of motor i can use ??
what is the differance in DC & stepper motors in tracking system
help me please
SZ

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With a "normal" dc motor you can only control revolution and the torque. With a stepper motor you can "step" exactly a given angle. Further the stepper motor has the advantage of having a holding torque. The disadvantage of steper motor is the ability of missing steps. If you can desribe your task more in detail, I can help you choosing which to use.

dc motor vs stepper motor

have a look at the ST Microelectronics tutorial on motors

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stepper motor vs dc motor

First, a stepper motor is a DC motor.
If you refer to a DC motor, like a PC fan, it is inappropriate for usage in precision required applications.
Try a stepper motor! You can control it like a glove and with adequate frequencies
you won't need to bother about lost steps.

Read at https://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/ .

It's almost everything u need to know about steppers!

dc vs stepper

With the stepper you can usually avoid any type of feedback device usage.
Using very sophisticated chips from www.allegromicro.com, you can run stepper
as easy as simlple DC.

Varuzhan

stepper motor disadvantages

eda4you said:

Sherif zakaria said:

hi all
i work in a tracking system project
i need to know what kind of motor i can use ??
what is the differance in DC & stepper motors in tracking system
help me please
SZ

Click to expand...

With a "normal" dc motor you can only control revolution and the torque. With a stepper motor you can "step" exactly a given angle. Further the stepper motor has the advantage of having a holding torque. The disadvantage of steper motor is the ability of missing steps. If you can desribe your task more in detail, I can help you choosing which to use.

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dear eda4you

my task is to put a 5 Kg telescope on this motor & move it toward the target
i need an acceptable speed (not slow) & accurate posision ...
also what about tha mechanical system which will be used with the motor..
thanks for ur help...
SZ

stepper motor vs dc motor torque

For mechanics. It is most expensive part of the work, especially for such a precise tool as telescope. If you want to make precise movements in both directions, you
need a special screw/nut pair. If only in one direction, then more simple mechanics can work. It is true both for DC and Stepper motors. Besides for DC you need to use an encoder.
For 5 kg load it is not difficult to have about 10 mm/sec movement with ramping and 2.5 for tracking.
For stepping motor driver you can use A3977 from Allegro or TMC246 from Trinamic.

Varuzhan