Arduino Stepper Motor 28byj-48 Set Steps & Direction Using a Keypad

In this tutorial we will learn how to control a stepper motor, by setting steps and direction using a Keypad and Arduino.

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Step 1: What You Will Need

• Arduino MEGA
• Stepper motor 28byj-48 & stepper motor driver board
• Keypad
• Jumper wires
• Visuino program: Download Visuino

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Step 3: The Circuit

Step 4: Start Visuino, and Select the Arduino MEGA Board Type

Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the “Tools” button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select “Arduino Mega 2560” as shown on Picture 2

Step 5: In Visuino Add Components

• Add “Keypad” component
• Add “Char Multi Source” component
• Add “Char To Text” component
• Add 2X “Compare Char Value” component
• Add “Toggle(T) Flip-Flop” component
• Add “Delay” component
• Add “Ignore Text Values” component
• Add “Text To Integer” component
• Add “Pulse Generator” component
• Add “Up/Down Counter” component
• Add “4 Wire Stepper Motor” component

• Double click on the “Keypad1” and in the “Keys” window drag “Character Key Group” to the left side, in the properties window select “Keys” and click on the 3 dot button, now in a “Keys” window Drag 16X “Char Key” to the Left side, and for each key set “Character” in the properties window set “Character” for each in the order like you see on picture 6, for
• “Char Key1” the “Character” will be 1
• for “Char Key2” the “Character” will be 4
• for “Char Key3” the “Character” will be 7
• for “Char Key4” the “Character” will be *
• for “Char Key5” the “Character” will be 2
• and so on until the end
• Close All the Windows

• Select “CharMultiSource1” and in the properties window set “Output Pins” to 4
• Select “Delay1” and in the properties window set “Interval (uS)” to 5000000
• Select “CharToText1” and in the properties window set “Update On Each Char” to True
• Select “IgnoreTextValues1” and in the properties window set “Ignore Case” to True, “Pass Values Bellow” to True and “Value” to A
• Select “CompareValue1” and in the properties window set “Value” to A
• Select “CompareValue2” and in the properties window set “Value” to D
• Select “PulseGenerator1” and in the properties window set “Frequency” to 1000 <<This will be the speed for the stepper motor and you can adjust it if you want

• Here we are going to handle the Steps: Select “UpDownCounter1” and in the properties window set “Initial Value” to 1000, “Min“>”Roll Over” to False, “Min” > “Value” to 0
• Select “UpDownCounter1” and in the properties window select “Initial Value” and click on the Pin Icon and select “Integer SinkPin“

• Select “Stepper1” and in the properties window select “Reversed” and click on the Pin Icon and select “Boolean SinkPin“

Step 7: In Visuino Connect Components

Step 8: Generate, Compile, and Upload the Arduino Code

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the “Build” Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the “Compile/Build and Upload” button.

Step 9: Play