Very simple operation samples of unipolar stepper motor. This code has been made to help beginners to learn the stepper motor. The history of the code shows the how to generate pulses from very basic level.

Dependencies:   mbed

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+//  stepper motor operation sample (learn it step by step). 
+//  showing how to control a unipolar stepper motor by mbed digital output ports.
+//  
+//  version 0 : Check DigitalOut by LED
+
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+DigitalOut  motor_out0( LED1 );
+DigitalOut  motor_out1( LED2 );
+DigitalOut  motor_out2( LED3 );
+DigitalOut  motor_out3( LED4 );
+
+int main() {
+    while(1) {
+        
+        motor_out0  = 1;
+        motor_out1  = 0;
+        motor_out2  = 0;
+        motor_out3  = 0;
+        wait( 0.2 );
+        
+        motor_out0  = 0;
+        motor_out1  = 1;
+        motor_out2  = 0;
+        motor_out3  = 0;
+        wait( 0.2 );
+        
+        motor_out0  = 0;
+        motor_out1  = 0;
+        motor_out2  = 1;
+        motor_out3  = 0;
+        wait( 0.2 );
+        
+        motor_out0  = 0;
+        motor_out1  = 0;
+        motor_out2  = 0;
+        motor_out3  = 1;
+        wait( 0.2 );
+    }
+}