RE: stepper pulse rate idea

["Tim Goldstein" <timg-at-ktmarketing.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> The (now ubiquotous) Gecko drives are 10:1 microstepping. 
> You'll need to 
> provide 20Khz into the drive to get maximum speed out of the motor
> The long and short of it is ... if you have a modern stepper 
> motor and a 10:1 
> microstep drive, you need 20Khz of drive or you are not using 
> the full range 
> of the motor, which means your gearing is wrong.

EMC as it now sits is easily capable of 20Khz. So why all this
complexity to do what it can already? 

Tim
[Denver, CO]
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