Easy stepper motor control class for Arduino with homing and position limits.
Operate is a lightweight Arduino library designed for easy and flexible control of stepper motors. It provides a simple class interface for basic stepper operations, including:
- Setting step and direction pins
- Setting motor speed (via microsecond delay)
- Moving the motor a specific number of steps in either direction
- Homing with a limit switch
- Enforcing position limits
This library is ideal for DIY CNC, pick-and-place, robotics, or any project that needs robust, basic stepper motor movement control.
- Simple API for stepper motor movement
- Homing function using a limit switch
- Position limiting to prevent out-of-range movement
- Speed adjustment using microsecond delay
- No hardware timer usage – works on any Arduino digital pins
- Download or clone this repository.
- Place the
Operatefolder into yourArduino/librariesdirectory. - Restart the Arduino IDE.
- Alternatively, use Sketch > Include Library > Add .ZIP Library... in the Arduino IDE with the provided ZIP file.
You can find example usage sketches in the examples/ directory. These include:
- Basic stepper operation
- Speed control
- Homing
- Using position limits
For detailed usage and the full API reference, please see the Wiki.
This library is released under the MIT License.
Malhar Ashtaputre
GitHub: Malhar-MA
E-mail: ashtaputremalhar@gmail.com