USB Controllers

USB Controllers

All of our motor controllers have options wherein they can be controlled using a standard USB connection. Some of the controllers have USB built in, while the others would have to use our USBToTTL micro-board to act as a converter between the USB communications protocol and our TTL-Serial technique.

The boards which have USB built in are as follows:

Non-Current Regulating

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.

BS1010: This is the next generation of our BS0710USB board, which can control up to two 1 amp unipolar or bipolar motors.

SS0705USB: This is the next generation of our SS0705 board, which can control up to two 0.5 amp unipolar motors.

SS0905USB: This is another variant of the SS0705 board, with the same motor drive specifications, but a significantly different shape. Note that, unlike our other USB products, you may need to make your own USB cable to 'talk' to this board.

We also have a pair of 4 unipolar motor voltage-mode products, the SS4D05USB and the SS4D10USB. They are identical with each other, except that the first operates unipolar motors at up to 0.5 amps per winding, while the second goes to up to 1 amp/winding.

Current Regulating

All of our current regulating controllers include the capability of driving multiple stepper motors at high speeds using current control techniques.

BC2D15USB: This is the USB version of our BC2D15, which can control up to two 1.5 amp bipolar motors.

BC2E15USB: This is a USB upgrade of our BC4D15, which can control up to four 1.5 amp bipolar motors.

Step And Direction Generators

These boards generate step-and-direction signals, which can be fed into motor drivers which accept step-and-direction inputs.

The SD4D and SD4DG boards both communicate using USB, and are designed to control up to 4 step-and-direction motor drivers (such as those produced by Applied Motion and Gecko).

The SD4DP USB board is designed to simultaneously operate up to four external step-and-direction driver boards (such as those produced by Applied Motion and Gecko¹), allowing for easy control of up to four stepper motors. It also supports generation of two 0-5 volt analog output signals, for simple voltage control of external devices.

We accept American Express, MasterCard, Visa and Discover for orders from the USA. For international orders, we require wire transfers.

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