Stepper one slows down when i press a button when running Stepper two.SORTED Thanks to Benj.

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Stepper one slows down when i press a button when running Stepper two.SORTED Thanks to Benj.

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Hi.
I have simple sketch running two Steppers motors, Stepper one runs constant, using a forward/reverse button,
stepper two runs by pressing any one of two buttons for forward and reverse motion.
when any button on Stepper two is pressed, the first Stepper slows down, i need Stepper one running at a set speed which is one rev every 5mins and ten seconds, because this will be the driver for my telescope mount, which needs a constant speed for tracking,
what do i need to do to achieve this.?
i have built the circuit and observe the same problem, Stepper one slows down when pressing any Stepper two buttons.

My setup.
Steppers Nema23 77:1 gear reduction
Correction for supply 12v dc 2 amp plug in 240v.
flowcode v8 (latest)
win 10 pro (latest)
Enclosed is a simple sketch i am running.
PS.the delays in the sketch are for slowing down in flowcode so i can see what’s happening,
the delays in the final sketch are in micro seconds. I know that i could use two pic chips one for each Stepper, but would like to use the 18F26K22 chip because of space on my board.
Thanks Roy.
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is your power supply stable under load ? 45 volt 20 Amps is quite a lump

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Steve001 wrote:is your power supply stable under load ? 45 volt 20 Amps is quite a lump

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Hi Steve.
I am using a Embedded Switch Mode Power Supply 48v 3.3amp, (put in the wrong one.)
Running 2 nema23 and one nema17 in my observatory using this power supply, but only one is on all the time,
the other two are on only for a number of seconds,then they are off.
At the moment have set up two small steppers on a breadboard,using the above sketch.
problem is stepper one slows down when using buttons on stepper two.
power is 12v 2amp plug in .
Regards Roy.

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Hi Roy,

I've noticed a couple of things. Your input read is converting the whole of PortB into an input which may be causing temporary issues on your motor drivers. The value of delay in the loop is going to set the speed for both motors.

To solve the problem I used the switch components to allow me to read a single PortB pin rather than the entire port. Secondly I used a timer interrupt to move stepper 1 on a regular tick allowing your second motor to be controlled independently. The timer enable icon allows you to control the speed of the motor.
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Hope this helps.

As a final note, for the motor that is not moving a lot of the time, I've disabled the motor output when the motor is not moving. Just avoids burning the coils or the driver out.

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Benj wrote:Hi Roy,

I've noticed a couple of things. Your input read is converting the whole of PortB into an input which may be causing temporary issues on your motor drivers. The value of delay in the loop is going to set the speed for both motors.

To solve the problem I used the switch components to allow me to read a single PortB pin rather than the entire port. Secondly I used a timer interrupt to move stepper 1 on a regular tick allowing your second motor to be controlled independently. The timer enable icon allows you to control the speed of the motor.

18F26K22_TWO_STEPPERS.fcfx

Hope this helps.

As a final note, for the motor that is not moving a lot of the time, I've disabled the motor output when the motor is not moving. Just avoids burning the coils or the driver out.
Hi Benj.
Thank you for sorting the file out for me.
just tried it out on the breadboard, and it is working great. :D
Will try it out later on the nema23s.
Thank you, Regards Roy.

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Hi Ben Roy!

As far I understanding concerning this stepper component, is that it is possible to control the motor directly via fet transistor or Step & Direction.
I imagine that, the Step & Direction mode is to control a moduledriver for the steppermotor. could be one like this : https://www.ebay.com/itm/DRV8825-Steppe ... SwWSlbynba
I have tested Roy´s program, and made one by myself. Converted to an Aduino and a Pic16f876. But it doesn´t work.

I suppose that the I should get a frequency out depending on the delay in the loop? I don´t get any. Have I misunderstod something, by using this? :wink:

Thank´s in advance

Jorgen
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