"Voltage Based" Products
These products require correct selection of the power supply voltage, in order to generate the correct current to the stepper motor. You will first want to review the calculating motor current faq in order to determine the current requirements for your motor.The following table summarizes the currently released 2 motor product key capabilities. Note that the double current mode (using a single motor) is only available using GenStepper firmware version 1.59 or later.
| Product | TTL-Serial Support | On-board RS232 | On-board USB | Unipolar | Bipolar | Maximum Number of Motors | Current/Winding with 2 motors | Double Current Current/Winding with 1 motor, using GenStepper firmware | Motor Voltages |
| SimStep | x | x | x | 2 | up to 0.5 Amp | up to 1.0 Amp | 5-26 | ||
| SS0705USB | x | x | x | 2 | up to 0.5 Amp | up to 1.0 Amp | 5-26 | ||
| SS0710USB | x | x | x | 2 | up to 1.0 Amp | not supported | 5-26 | ||
| SS0905USB | x | x | x | 2 | up to 0.5 Amp | up to 1.0 Amp | 5-26 | ||
| BS1010-USB | x | x | x | x | 2 | up to 1.0 Amp | up to 2.0 Amp | 5-34 | |
| SS4D05USB | x | x | x | 4 | up to 0.5 Amp | not supported | 5-26 | ||
| SS4D10USB | x | x | x | 4 | up to 1.0 Amp | not supported | 5-26 |
Additionally, we now offer a 4 motor controller, summarized below.
SS4DxxUSB Unit-
The SS4Dxx USB
Four Motor Unipolar Controller Board
is our four motor upgrade to the SS0705USB board (below). It allows
for inexpensive control of up to four (up to 1 Amp/winding) 4-pole unipolar stepper
motors. This tool is great for control of most small unipolar motors,
and for the home robotics experimenter!
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BS1010 USB - The BS1010 USB Controller
Board allows for control of up to two simultaneous unipolar or bipolar
stepper motors, at up to 1 amp per winding (2 amps per motor) and up to 35
volts. This is the next generation of the BS0710USB series, and adds extra I/O lines as well as
analog input capabilities.
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SS0705 Unipolar -
The SS0705 Unipolar Controller Board allows for inexpensive control of up to two small (up to 0.5 Amp/winding) 4-pole unipolar stepper motors. This tool is great for control of most small unipolar motors, and for the home robotics experimenter! Please click here for the details...
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SS0705USB Unipolar - The SS0705USB Unipolar Controller Board
is our upgrade to the SS0705 board (above). It allows for inexpensive
control of up to two small (up to 0.5 Amp/winding) 4-pole unipolar stepper
motors. This tool is great for control of most small unipolar motors,
and for the home robotics experimenter!
Please click here for the details...
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SS0710USB Unipolar - The SS0710USB Unipolar Controller Board
is our next upgrade to the SS0705USB board (above). Twice as powerful as
the SS0705 series, it allows for inexpensive control of up to two 1 Amp/winding 4-pole unipolar stepper
motors. This tool is great for control of most small unipolar motors,
and for the home robotics experimenter!
Please click here for the details...
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SS0905USB Unipolar - The SS0905USB Unipolar Controller Board
is an example of one of our specialized versions of the SS0705USB board (above). It allows for inexpensive
control of up to two small (up to 0.5 Amp/winding) 4-pole unipolar stepper
motors. This tool is great for control of most small unipolar motors,
and for the home robotics experimenter!
Please click here for the details...
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SimStep Unipolar -
Our original SimStep Unipolar Controller Board allows for inexpensive control of up to two small (up to 0.5 Amp/winding) 4-pole unipolar stepper motors. This tool is great for the home robotics experimenter! Please click here for the details...
Common Firmware Options of the SimStep and BiStep series of Motor Controller Boards
The GenStepper Firmware (our most popular firmware) allows you to control two motors independently of each other. It also supports a "double current mode", wherein a single motor may be operated at up to twice the rated current of the board! Please click here for more information about this product.
The NCStepper Firmware for our older boards permits our stepper boards to operate two motors in a tightly coupled environment, appropriate for Numerical Control machines (such as X-Y tables). Please click here for more information on this feature.
The NCRouter2D firmware provides enhanced NC-style control for our BS1010 series of boards. Please click here for more information on this feature.
The PotStepper Firmware allows you to control two motors independently of each other. The rate of motion of the motors may be controlled via a user-provided potentiometer. As with the GenStepper firmware, It also supports a "double current mode", wherein a single motor may be operated at up to twice the rated current of the board! Please click here for more information on this feature.
RelayStepper Firmware permits our boards to simultaneously operate one motor and up to 4 relays, as well as providing for up to 9 TTL input signals. Please click here for more information on this product.
The SerRoute Firmware can operate any number of stepper motors via one serial line! This firmware option allows for 3 (default configuration) to 9 (optional) motor controller boards to be operated via one serial port, if it is installed on a SimStep series unit, thus providing for 6 to 18 motors controlled by one 9600 baud connection using just one SerRoute-based board as the serial supervisor. If multiple SerRoute based boards are used as routers, there is no upper limit to the number of motors which can be controlled by one line. Please click here for more information on this product.
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