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  1.   Stepper Motor Driving With Peripheral Drivers (Driver ICs)
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Peripheral Driver (Driver IC) Overview
    3. 2 Stepper Motors
      1. 2.1 Unipolar Stepper Motors
      2. 2.2 Bipolar Stepper Motors
    4. 3 Stepper Motor Driving Overview
      1. 3.1 Unipolar Stepper Motor Driving Block Diagram
      2. 3.2 Detailed Design Considerations
      3. 3.3 Bipolar Stepper Motor Driving Block Diagram
      4. 3.4 Detailed Design Considerations
    5. 4 Stepper Motor Driving Patterns
      1. 4.1 Wave Drive Operation
      2. 4.2 Full-Step Operation
      3. 4.3 Half-Step Operation

Stepper Motor Driving With Peripheral Drivers (Driver ICs)

This application report describes in detail how to interface stepper motors with TI peripheral drivers. Primarily, this report discusses how to connect and drive stepper motors, including the stepper motor driving patterns. Advantages and disadvantages to each stepping pattern are discussed; and logic tables, timing diagrams, and pictorial representations of each driving pattern are provided.