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Questions about stepper motors, a motor type commonly used in 3D printers.

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How to keep Z-axis motor from slipping when powered down

The simple way to do this is to use a self-locking screw pitch. Pretty much any single-start thread using a sliding nut cannot be back-driven so the load will not fall. Normal 8x8 trapezoidal thread s …
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Real life stepper speed

Repetier on an 84 MHz 32bit ARM Cortex-M3 can run the stepper interrupt at 80,000 Hz. These limits typically only affect actual stepper speed when relatively fine microstepping is used. … You can play with these effects using different motor configurations and speeds for a few popular 3D printer stepper drivers using my stepper driver simulator: https://github.com/rcarlyle/StepperSim …
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