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Chapter 2 Overview and Setup
2.1 Introduction
The T-Cube Stepper Motor Controller (TST001) is a new very compact single channel
controller for easy manual and automated control of small 2-phase bi-polar stepper
motors. This driver has been designed to operate with a variety of lower powered
motors (up to 15V/5W operation) equipped with or without encoder feedback.
Although targeted at lower power operations this product is fully featured with a highly
flexible and powerful DSP controller that provides a unique high resolution
microstepping capability for such a compact unit. The TST001 is optimised for 'out of
the box' operation with the Thorlabs range of ZST mini stepper motor actuators,
however its highly flexible parameter set also supports operation with a wide range of
third party stepper motors and associated stages/actuators.
For convenience the footprint of this unit has been kept to a minimum, measuring only
60mm x 60mm x 47mm (2.4" x 2.4" x 1.8") and with the facility to directly mount to the
optical table close to the motorised device - convenient when manually adjusting
motor positions using the top panel controls (jog buttons and velocity control slider).
Table top operation also allows minimal drive cable lengths for easier cable
management.
Fig. 2.1 T-Cube Stepper Motor Driver
USB connectivity provides easy 'Plug and Play' PC controlled operation - multiple
units can be connected to a single PC via standard USB hub technology or by using
the new T-Cube Controller Hub (see over) for multi-axis motion control applications.
Coupling this with the very user friendly apt™ software (supplied) allows the user to
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