Stepper Motor Control with Raspberry Pico PIO and DRV8711 driver- Part 1: Hardware Provisioning/products/raspberry-pi/b/blog/posts/stepper-motor-control-with-raspberry-pico-pi-and-drv8711-driver--part-1-hardware-provisioningThe Pico has a set of PIO co-processors. They are real-time controllers that can execute logic with deterministic timing. Ideal to run strict-timed sequences and state machines. And to implement extra peripherals.In this series, I&#39;m trying t...en-USTelligent Community 12RE: Stepper Motor Control with Raspberry Pico PIO and DRV8711 driver- Part 1: Hardware Provisioninghttps://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/b/blog/posts/stepper-motor-control-with-raspberry-pico-pi-and-drv8711-driver--part-1-hardware-provisioningWed, 02 Apr 2025 20:39:40 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:eb0e62b1-0d63-4efb-84a5-d549d5080e75Jan Cumps0<p>I still have to do the final write-up, but the design works. Motor controlled by PIO&nbsp;makes&nbsp; 7&nbsp;moves:</p> <p>[View:https://youtu.be/pFZy8Lh4m-Q:640:360]</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28805&AppID=86&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Stepper Motor Control with Raspberry Pico PIO and DRV8711 driver- Part 1: Hardware Provisioninghttps://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/b/blog/posts/stepper-motor-control-with-raspberry-pico-pi-and-drv8711-driver--part-1-hardware-provisioningSun, 30 Mar 2025 17:27:38 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:eb0e62b1-0d63-4efb-84a5-d549d5080e75Jan Cumps0<p>&nbsp;[mention:81b3e4471d364cd391b77239a08734e1:f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07]&nbsp;</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28805&AppID=86&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Stepper Motor Control with Raspberry Pico PIO and DRV8711 driver- Part 1: Hardware Provisioninghttps://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/b/blog/posts/stepper-motor-control-with-raspberry-pico-pi-and-drv8711-driver--part-1-hardware-provisioningSun, 30 Mar 2025 16:42:41 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:eb0e62b1-0d63-4efb-84a5-d549d5080e75Jan Cumps0<p>I&#39;ve got the SPI part working:</p> <p><img height="300" src="/resized-image/__size/1000x600/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-eb0e62b1-0d63-4efb-84a5-d549d5080e75/pastedimage1743352955423v1.png" width="500" alt=" " /></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28805&AppID=86&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">