This one video is the Bible of Stepper Motor. No other video can explain better. The animation is superb. On any question on Stepper Motor, I shall come back to this video. Thanks.
Can I say this HAS to be one of the most comprehensive and detailed instruction I've come across. I'm an active animator/filmmaker (65 yrs old!) and I'm getting back into creating my own art projects involving Arduino/steppers. Your clip was absolutely wonderful, and has given me the necessary insight and momentum to get this going. 30 years ago I had a multi-axis stepper-motor driven animation rostrum. It was massive & ludicrously expensive then. Times and the costs have changed the game. I'm excited, and you've given me the fillip to work with steppers again! Thank you. I WILL view your subsequent video on how to drive the motors via Arduino. Thanks again.
This has to be by far the most comprehensive explanation of stepper motor driving that I have seen. Well presented and a wealth of information, thank you for taking the time to present this tutorial. I wish every tutorial was presented in such a detailed, yet simple, method.
Wow! Thanks, you saved me the trouble of taking it apart! Seriously, I am a novice Arduino user, and I love the professionalism of your videos. I have a lot to learn, and I thank you for being a good hands-on teacher!
Hi Bret, I had to watch this video twice for it to sink in and so glad I did. I'm getting incredible torque from this little stepper (same hardware setup as you show) in full step mode. You have a way of explaining complex subjects that makes it simple to understand. Thank you. My highest UA-cam compliment, Subscribed.
Excellent, amazingly well orchestrated presentation, impeccable graphics, nicely narrated, not the monotonic sleep inducing dialog we are used to. I have seen the light of steppers thank you for your evangelism!!
Amazing, most videos just focus on the operation of the Arduino's Sketch and the proper code, but fully understanding a project like this is equally valuable, I'm a physicist trying to get into electronics stuff, and let me tell you've done it pretty good in applying electromagnetic concept. here, thanks.
Hi Bret, After seeing your video I felt compelled to say: Thank you mate! for such a detailed explanation. Thank you for taking the time to do this. The animations were fantastic help.
I bought this cheap little motor/board combo on Amazon and thought, "well, let's see if there's any good documentation out there." I watched this video and fell out of my chair! I know how long it takes to put something like this together. Thank you very much for doing it!
That was EASILY one of the best tutorials I've ever seen on UA-cam; I now feel like a "Stepper motor EXPERT!" Now, while you didn't cover programming the servo, for me, at least, that's straight-forward, but it's nice to know how code can make use of such servos. Thank you for a truly great job!
WELL ITS ABOUT TIME! I finally got around to creating a followup on how to drive these motors with an Arduino. You can check it out here: aka.ms/28byjarduino
Is this a tutorial or what ???? OMG just fantastic...am a mech engineer....turned photographer who lost touch of technology a while back and am back on it with the Intel Edison which I won at the IOT.....now this video put into place so many doubts i had....thanks so much... you are Awesome bret!!!! Subscribing to you channel now :)
I love you Bret, This video is really helpful for my assembly class. We are working on basic stepper control using 8051. And this video really helps to get a deeper intuition of motor operation. This video Rocks.
Just awesome the way you explain such a complex thing. Before seeing your video i didn't knew pretty much about step motors. thanks a lot buddy! Greetings from Mexico!
You bet! Glad you liked it. I need to get time back on the bench to finish up my Raspberry Pi and Arduino vides for how to use them. Hope to get those done soon.
Thanks a lot. This is definitely the best explanation I have ever seen on UA-cam for anything. Now I have a full understanding on how and why I program the code in my Arduino to drive the steppers. Cheers!
I was confused as to why it took so many steps to get a rotation on the output shaft when I fiddled about with this from my MSP430. Your video explains it perfectly, thank you.
Thanks for the video mate. I am new to this lark and just starting out playing with Arduino for astronomy projects. Now I know about the stepper, next stop for me the dreaded coding. Never too old to learn :) ( 54 by the way )
Such a clear explanation. Thank you for this. I now understand the half step mode which explains why my original program drove the thing at twice the rate (wave) I was expecting from the spec. A quick tweak of the code and all is now perfect. Great job great video.
Finally, I think I understand how this little stepper motor works. Very nicely done. I can hardly wait to get home and write some code for the Arduino that I can control.
Excellent video!! Thank you very much. I did the math, it is actually 4076 steps for a full rotation of the motor shaft in half step mode, not 4096 as mentioned. I rounded from 4075.77284.
Thanks for taking the time to share this awesome detailed vid. I picked up 5 of these off ebay for the kids at code club to play with (me first though of course haha). I'll check out your arduino vid too as that's what I'll be hooking these up to.
Excellent description of the various drive methods. Well explained, articulate, with easy to understand graphics. I learned a lot. Thank you so much. (subscribed)
Outstanding presentation. I have been programming for over two decades and am finally starting to get into physical computing. This was perfect. I have motors spinning! Thanks.
I rarely comment on UA-cam, but your video is too great to just got a thumbs up. I enjoyed the presentation and its explanation, it really helps to understand. (..and one of a few tutorials that doesn't lulaby me to sleep :D ). Definitely worth the 200k~ish view :)
Agree, I honestly haven't used them in a ton of projects (just a couple) so I'm not sure I'm the best person to say. I'd love to hear what others are using them for though!
Very informative video. The gear ratio part was also explained nicely, I got that motor now, waiting for the female-male pins to arrive.. Thanks a lot.
very detail tutorial on the motor, i will say the best in youtube. excellent work. please keep making such tutorial on peripherals for microcontrollers.
Thanks for the video. I am trying to work with a mm2001 driver board which uses this chip. Your explanation clears some of my issues. Thanks and have a nice day.
FYI, the Graham Wideman's "Motors- 28BYJ-48 Stepper motor notes" link does not exist anymore, you can find the pdf version of that notes from this link www.kollino.de/download/motors_28byj-48_stepper_motor_notes_-_grahamwideman/
Thank you for the excellent video as well as the sample code on GitHub. Some people have been recommending physically modifying these stepper motors to force Full Step stepping. I thought it was rather odd since I was pretty sure you could just code it. Your video clearly explained how to achieve full step using code.
Absolute fantastic video tutorial. I just had to leave a comment and a like. I very much appreciate it. I don't actually have the 28BYJ-48 motor, but this video was super great for just explaining steppers in general. And with the additional tutorial on gear ratios too. In fact, now that I've watched this I probably will buy some of these motors, although I have tons of other stepper motors here already. Anyway, thanks for the great tutorial. Loved it! Fantastic graphics too!
One of the best tutorial videos I've seen. I'm digging out my 28BYJ-48 motors and ULN2003 boards right now to try some of this. Thanks so much. By the way, based on your gear calculations of 63.65 turns of the inner rotor for one turn of the motor shaft, I figured that 10,184 full steps (32 per inner rotation) will get you exactly 5 turns of the outer shaft. Does that sound right?
Thank you so much for creating this video. It was super informative. I just ordered a couple of these motors off of ebay and am excited to try them out!
Thanks, I watched the follow up and downloaded some of the codes, powerpoint diags. etc... I have a much better idea about steppers now including the wire up re arduino and uln2003.. Very good and clear presentation.
Excellent tutorial and intro to steppers! Really looking forward to more videos - particularly with Arduino. The dream is to build a small robot with a few of these motors and drivers :)
Wow, that was very well explained, thank you. Now thinking about adding a routine to my sketch to compensate this gear ratio of1:63,.... I’m trying to build a clock with this motor.
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This one video is the Bible of Stepper Motor. No other video can explain better. The animation is superb. On any question on Stepper Motor, I shall come back to this video. Thanks.
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Can I say this HAS to be one of the most comprehensive and detailed instruction I've come across. I'm an active animator/filmmaker (65 yrs old!) and I'm getting back into creating my own art projects involving Arduino/steppers. Your clip was absolutely wonderful, and has given me the necessary insight and momentum to get this going. 30 years ago I had a multi-axis stepper-motor driven animation rostrum. It was massive & ludicrously expensive then. Times and the costs have changed the game. I'm excited, and you've given me the fillip to work with steppers again! Thank you. I WILL view your subsequent video on how to drive the motors via Arduino. Thanks again.
That's awesome. I'd love to hear about your creations!
Clearly and straightforwardly explained, great visuals, no irritating, pointless background music - excellent work! Thanks Bret! :)
This has to be by far the most comprehensive explanation of stepper motor driving that I have seen. Well presented and a wealth of information, thank you for taking the time to present this tutorial. I wish every tutorial was presented in such a detailed, yet simple, method.
Having been in education for about 40 years, I have to say that this is one of the best technical UA-cam presentations I've ever seen! Superb.
Wow! Thanks, you saved me the trouble of taking it apart! Seriously, I am a novice Arduino user, and I love the professionalism of your videos. I have a lot to learn, and I thank you for being a good hands-on teacher!
Hi Bret, I had to watch this video twice for it to sink in and so glad I did.
I'm getting incredible torque from this little stepper (same hardware setup as you show) in full step mode.
You have a way of explaining complex subjects that makes it simple to understand. Thank you.
My highest UA-cam compliment, Subscribed.
Glad it helped you out!
This video will be valuable for the next 100 years.
Excellent, amazingly well orchestrated presentation, impeccable graphics, nicely narrated, not the monotonic sleep inducing dialog we are used to. I have seen the light of steppers thank you for your evangelism!!
Các bạn có thể tham khảo sản phẩm tại: www.sendo.vn/dong-co-buoc-giam-toc-28byj48-5v-9375261.html
Amazing, most videos just focus on the operation of the Arduino's Sketch and the proper code, but fully understanding a project like this is equally valuable, I'm a physicist trying to get into electronics stuff, and let me tell you've done it pretty good in applying electromagnetic concept. here, thanks.
Probably the clearest and most comprehensive tutorial I have ever seen. In a word, superb. Thank you.
Hi Bret, After seeing your video I felt compelled to say: Thank you mate! for such a detailed explanation. Thank you for taking the time to do this. The animations were fantastic help.
Bloody excellent explanation. I had to watch a few times to understand why we have to know the stepper motor mechanism thoroughly. Thank you 🙏
I bought this cheap little motor/board combo on Amazon and thought, "well, let's see if there's any good documentation out there." I watched this video and fell out of my chair! I know how long it takes to put something like this together. Thank you very much for doing it!
That was EASILY one of the best tutorials I've ever seen on UA-cam; I now feel like a "Stepper motor EXPERT!" Now, while you didn't cover programming the servo, for me, at least, that's straight-forward, but it's nice to know how code can make use of such servos. Thank you for a truly great job!
Thanks for the nice words @Grumich. If you are looking for a programming tutorial on the Arduino, check out aka.ms/28byjArduino
WELL ITS ABOUT TIME! I finally got around to creating a followup on how to drive these motors with an Arduino. You can check it out here: aka.ms/28byjarduino
+Bret Stateham Great video! Agreed, stepper motors are cool.
Best. Tutorial. Ever. Seriously, I learned more than from all the other stepper videos combined. Do you have a Patreon?
This comment could be pinned 👍😊
The quality of instruction and detail is astonishing. Thank you for making this a sharing this video!
Aside from the operating system that I run, this is one of the greatest things MS has done! Thanks Brett.
Possibly The Best Digestible Informative Explanation about Stepper motors UA-cam
Is this a tutorial or what ???? OMG just fantastic...am a mech engineer....turned photographer who lost touch of technology a while back and am back on it with the Intel Edison which I won at the IOT.....now this video put into place so many doubts i had....thanks so much... you are Awesome bret!!!! Subscribing to you channel now :)
Possible the best explanation I’ve seen on this topic! Thanks for putting your time in this!
I love you Bret, This video is really helpful for my assembly class.
We are working on basic stepper control using 8051.
And this video really helps to get a deeper intuition of motor operation.
This video Rocks.
Just awesome the way you explain such a complex thing. Before seeing your video i didn't knew pretty much about step motors. thanks a lot buddy! Greetings from Mexico!
This was just amazing. Thank you Sir.
You bet! Glad you liked it. I need to get time back on the bench to finish up my Raspberry Pi and Arduino vides for how to use them. Hope to get those done soon.
Thanks a lot. This is definitely the best explanation I have ever seen on UA-cam for anything. Now I have a full understanding on how and why I program the code in my Arduino to drive the steppers. Cheers!
The Best Explanation of Stepper Motors And Controllers that I've come across yet.
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I was confused as to why it took so many steps to get a rotation on the output shaft when I fiddled about with this from my MSP430. Your video explains it perfectly, thank you.
Thanks for the video mate. I am new to this lark and just starting out playing with Arduino for astronomy projects. Now I know about the stepper, next stop for me the dreaded coding. Never too old to learn :) ( 54 by the way )
This is the type of videos I've been looking for. Very informative and complete description of stepper motors.
Great video Keep them coming !!!
Such a clear explanation. Thank you for this. I now understand the half step mode which explains why my original program drove the thing at twice the rate (wave) I was expecting from the spec. A quick tweak of the code and all is now perfect. Great job great video.
Finally, I think I understand how this little stepper motor works. Very nicely done. I can hardly wait to get home and write some code for the Arduino that I can control.
Excellent video!! Thank you very much. I did the math, it is actually 4076 steps for a full rotation of the motor shaft in half step mode, not 4096 as mentioned. I rounded from 4075.77284.
Thanks for taking the time to share this awesome detailed vid.
I picked up 5 of these off ebay for the kids at code club to play with (me first though of course haha).
I'll check out your arduino vid too as that's what I'll be hooking these up to.
Awesome!
A fantastic tutorial on stepper motors. Very easy to follow due to being explained so well. Thank you.
Excellent description of the various drive methods. Well explained, articulate, with easy to understand graphics. I learned a lot. Thank you so much. (subscribed)
This is just what I needed! This is my first build and I can't tell how helpful this video was.
Outstanding presentation. I have been programming for over two decades and am finally starting to get into physical computing. This was perfect. I have motors spinning! Thanks.
I rarely comment on UA-cam, but your video is too great to just got a thumbs up.
I enjoyed the presentation and its explanation, it really helps to understand.
(..and one of a few tutorials that doesn't lulaby me to sleep :D ).
Definitely worth the 200k~ish view :)
Thansk!
I second what many others have said already: this was an extremely well prepared and presented presentation. Thank you.
Excellent and very clear explanation. About the only thing I can think of that’s missing is what these can typically drive. ie application, torque etc
Agree, I honestly haven't used them in a ton of projects (just a couple) so I'm not sure I'm the best person to say. I'd love to hear what others are using them for though!
I finally got to understand the step motor after watching this video. Thank you.
This is the best and complex stepper motor tutorial i've ever seen. Good job, Bret! :)
I've never actually enjoyed death by powerpoint before. That was informative, and well presented. Thank you so much.
Yep. It's all PowerPoint! :-)
And I guess that wouldn't be an example of death by powerpoint because it wasn't boring.
Very informative video. The gear ratio part was also explained nicely, I got that motor now, waiting for the female-male pins to arrive.. Thanks a lot.
Outstanding video!! You are very talented at explaining things in a clear, common sense approach. Great Job!!
amazing tutorials. seriously you have saved my life. instructions are SO clear and diagrams are REALLY helpful. THANKYOU!!
way more info than needed, and its apreciated, thank you a ton
very detail tutorial on the motor, i will say the best in youtube. excellent work.
please keep making such tutorial on peripherals for microcontrollers.
Excellent video...had to watch it a few times to fully appreciate the subtly of it all.
It did help me unerdtanding / starting with stepper motor
Very much thanks from the Netherlands
Excellent, thorough, no wasted time, and very helpful. Thanks!
This is awesome video with clear animations and explanations. Hats off Bret. :)
Incredible Content, explanation, and graphics, Thank you for the knowledge you transferred to us!
OUTSTANDING TOP OF THE LINE SUPREME PRESENTATION!!!
Nice video which helps me understand some of concepts behind the programming on the stepper motor. Thanks for sharing.
amazing...i actually just went and bought these today because of your video.....great help. thanks
Excellent and very informative video. My students and I benefit a lot from your videos. Thanks a lot.
Great intro to stepper motors. Thank you for providing this.
Thanks for the video. I am trying to work with a mm2001 driver board which uses this chip. Your explanation clears some of my issues.
Thanks and have a nice day.
Just what I needed, thank you for a great video, animation and explanation. Totally supporting people like you.
FYI, the Graham Wideman's "Motors- 28BYJ-48 Stepper motor notes" link does not exist anymore, you can find the pdf version of that notes from this link www.kollino.de/download/motors_28byj-48_stepper_motor_notes_-_grahamwideman/
Thanks so much for sharing that @Abhijeet.
Best video,and follow up I have yet seen, Nice one Bret.
Lots of effort put into making this video, great job and thank you.
Great video man, I'm building an xy-ploter table and your video was really informative about the how this motors work!
Thanks man! Best tutorial i've seen in a long time! If only all my teachers were this clear!
Thanks Bret, a really well presented demo, with great graphics!
I know this topic from working stack shot macro photo gear. You are a master teacher. Thank you.
best explanation on this system ever. Excellent!
A beautifully crafted tutorial, thank you. Bookmarked for future reference!
This video is very helpful and informative. It helped me out so much on a project I am doing.
Thank you for the excellent video as well as the sample code on GitHub. Some people have been recommending physically modifying these stepper motors to force Full Step stepping. I thought it was rather odd since I was pretty sure you could just code it. Your video clearly explained how to achieve full step using code.
Absolute fantastic video tutorial. I just had to leave a comment and a like. I very much appreciate it. I don't actually have the 28BYJ-48 motor, but this video was super great for just explaining steppers in general. And with the additional tutorial on gear ratios too. In fact, now that I've watched this I probably will buy some of these motors, although I have tons of other stepper motors here already. Anyway, thanks for the great tutorial. Loved it! Fantastic graphics too!
One of the best tutorial videos I've seen. I'm digging out my 28BYJ-48 motors and ULN2003 boards right now to try some of this. Thanks so much. By the way, based on your gear calculations of 63.65 turns of the inner rotor for one turn of the motor shaft, I figured that 10,184 full steps (32 per inner rotation) will get you exactly 5 turns of the outer shaft. Does that sound right?
That's great Sir! It's clear, easy enough for a maker non professional and, moreover for me, it's straight to the point!
So... THANKS!
Thank you so much for creating this video. It was super informative. I just ordered a couple of these motors off of ebay and am excited to try them out!
wow, that's a very clear and very informative video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Great video, I now understand steppers a lot more.
Thank you for sharing, that was clear and easy to understand.......you have some serious skills! Really appreciate it!
Just an excellent video, great job! Thanks for doing this. Cheers from Argentina.
Thanks for putting in the time and making this great and informative video.
A very detailed and useful explanation - good work!
The go to guide for stepper motors.
Thanks, I watched the follow up and downloaded some of the codes, powerpoint diags. etc... I have a much better idea about steppers now including the wire up re arduino and uln2003.. Very good and clear presentation.
well done and thank you for taking the time to do the video, that what makes youtubers great
Excellent tutorial and intro to steppers! Really looking forward to more videos - particularly with Arduino. The dream is to build a small robot with a few of these motors and drivers :)
Absolute phantastic detailed video!
What a fantastic explanation, thanks Bret. Derek (UK)
Really great video. Best stepper tutorial I've seen. Looking forward to the follow-up👍
Nice visualization of stepper motor...
and the explanation make everythings clear..
Thanks..
Excellent explanation of stepper motor... and driver...
Great video, graphics and animation! good job!
Excellent tutorial! Very clear and wonderfull graphics!
Wow! This is a great explanation of this little motor. Thanks you.
WOW, that is one of the best videos, you are so smart and I learn a lot, thank you for sharing
So true.
Great video, very clear and concise, beautiful presentation.
Thanks a bunch!
you are amazing, Just one word is enough.
keep doing this,
will pray from the God, a health and wealthy life.
Very well explained, this is the best tutorial I have watched till date! 👏👍🏼
Very good explanation and demo of internal operations.
the best stepper motor video. thank you very much.
Wow, that was very well explained, thank you.
Now thinking about adding a routine to my sketch to compensate this gear ratio of1:63,.... I’m trying to build a clock with this motor.