StepperDriver
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Library
An Arduino library for driving stepper motors through A4988, DRV8825, DRV8834, DRV8880 and similar driver boards, or any two-pin DIR/STEP driver.
Source on GitHub: github.com/laurb9/StepperDriver (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 4cb34bf (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 4cb34bf (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Sets microstepping and generates the step and direction signals for several supported driver boards.
- Offers constant-speed mode at low RPMs and linear accelerated speed mode with separate acceleration and deceleration.
- Provides a non-blocking mode that returns control to the caller after each pulse.
- Supports early braking and increasing runtime in non-blocking mode.
- Includes a BasicStepperDriver example that works with any board supporting DIR/STEP indexing.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 4cb34bf.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- Arduino-compatible board, a stepper motor driver board (such as DRV8834, DRV8825, DRV8824 or A4988), a stepper motor, and a 100uF capacitor.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 18 Jul 2026 on master
- Latest release
- 1.6.0 (18 Jul 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.