Typically, the motors are driven and controlled by inexpensive and dedicated stepper motor driver ICs. Unfortunately, most of these ICs use a simple current control method that causes ... stepper ...

How does a stepper motor turn into an encoder? Well, that’s the MacGyver part. We are not big fans of the physical circuit diagrams ... We love using things for unintended purposes.

[Andriyf1] has a slightly different trick. He shows how to use a stepper motor as an encoder. You can see a video of the setup below. It makes sense. If the coils in the stepper can move the shaft ...

How optical rotary encoders can provide real-time motion feedback on motion applications using stepper motor-driven linear actuators ... while improving control and monitoring of the load. For basic ...