Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@fishkingsin
Created April 20, 2013 11:20
Show Gist options
  • Star 2 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 1 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save fishkingsin/5425664 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save fishkingsin/5425664 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
raspberry pi stepper motor python script
#-----------------------------------
# Name: Stepper Motor
#
# Author: matt.hawkins
#
# Created: 11/07/2012
# Copyright: (c) matt.hawkins 2012
#-----------------------------------
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Import required libraries
import time
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
# Use BCM GPIO references
# instead of physical pin numbers
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
# Define GPIO signals to use
# Pins 18,22,24,26
# GPIO24,GPIO25,GPIO8,GPIO7
StepPins = [17,18,21,22]
# Set all pins as output
for pin in StepPins:
print "Setup pins"
GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(pin, False)
# Define some settings
StepCounter = 0
WaitTime = 0.01
# Define simple sequence
StepCount1 = 4
Seq1 = []
Seq1 = range(0, StepCount1)
Seq1[0] = [1,0,0,0]
Seq1[1] = [0,1,0,0]
Seq1[2] = [0,0,1,0]
Seq1[3] = [0,0,0,1]
# Define advanced sequence
# as shown in manufacturers datasheet
StepCount2 = 8
Seq2 = []
Seq2 = range(0, StepCount2)
Seq2[0] = [1,0,0,0]
Seq2[1] = [1,1,0,0]
Seq2[2] = [0,1,0,0]
Seq2[3] = [0,1,1,0]
Seq2[4] = [0,0,1,0]
Seq2[5] = [0,0,1,1]
Seq2[6] = [0,0,0,1]
Seq2[7] = [1,0,0,1]
# Choose a sequence to use
Seq = Seq1
StepCount = StepCount1
# Start main loop
while 1==1:
for pin in range(0, 4):
xpin = StepPins[pin]
if Seq[StepCounter][pin]!=0:
# print " Step %i Enable %i" %(StepCounter,xpin)
GPIO.output(xpin, True)
else:
GPIO.output(xpin, False)
StepCounter += 1
# If we reach the end of the sequence
# start again
if (StepCounter==StepCount):
StepCounter = 0
if (StepCounter<0):
StepCounter = StepCount
# Wait before moving on
time.sleep(WaitTime)
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment