Long Laser Project - Position Drift in X?

This is new for me too, so I’m just writing out my thoughts. When you’re referring to the pitch, do you mean the lead of the screw? But I would assume they are the same in this case. (What is the difference between pitch and lead when referring to a screw?). I don’t think that number actually matters for this reverse calculation (other than a sanity check)

I came to that number as well. But I’m not sure I’m following with the rest. So I’m writing it out to make sure we’re saying the same :slight_smile:

I assume the steps/mm are the microsteps and not full steps; correct?
the travel of one step is 0.0025mm as mentioned above.
1/8 microstepping thus means 0.02mm travelled per full step
with a standard stepper motor that does 1.8 degrees per step, we thus come to a lead on the screw of 4mm (the pitch could still be 2 if it has two starts, don’t know for sure if that’s the case).

I was browsing through the forum trying to find some pictures. Looking at this one: Linear Module defective and FW 1.8.0.0 Feedback - #6 by Edwin and trying to guess without a lot of reference (only reference I’m guessing about are the pcb’s that I assume have a more or les standard thickness of +/- 1.8mm)
Based on that picture, It does seem to have a lead larger than 2mm pitch. So a 4mm lead and 2mm pitch could actually be the case. (At this point I don’t have a compelling reason to open one of the modules to check :slight_smile: )

So we seem to come to the same numbers independently, but I don’t understand that statement? Can it only do full steps for some reason? because:

I would assume it can make movements that small?

Probably there are hardware limitations I’m not aware off (I’m a software guy, not a mechanical/electronics engineer)

In conclusion, I guess I’m mostly rephrasing the same questions you have :sweat_smile: But based on that picture it does seem plausible that the lead screw has a lead/pitch ratio of 2.

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