Kodak NOVAJET 700 - Manual (Page 34)

2-10 Theory of Operation
NovaJet 500/630/700 Series Service Manual
Serial EEPROM
Serial EEPROM is an Electrically Erasable, Programmable, Read Only
Memory which provides storage for calibration constants and user
configuration data entered from the host computer.
An 8K bit serial nonvolatile EEPROM stores calibration and configura-
tion information. It retains data while the unit is off.
Stepper Motor Controller
DATA BUS
WAVEFORM
GENERATOR
CURRENT
SENSE
COMPARATOR
STEPPER
MOTOR
DRIVER
Figure 2-7. Stepper Motor Controller.
The media is driven by a Stepper Motor, which drives the media in a
direction perpendicular to the width of the printer. The media in the
printer can advance forward and backward, depending upon the com-
mands which the Stepper Motor receives from the microprocessor.
The Stepper Motor Controller contains two identical circuits, one for
each winding of the stepper motor. The circuit is a combination of two
simpler types of circuits and can be thought of as a variation of either
one.
A waveform generator receives digital data from the CPU and generates
a sine wave output. This signal is fed into a comparator circuit that is
measuring the current through the winding of the stepper motor. If the
current is too low, a pulse of 24V is generated. When the current goes
above the output of the waveform generator, the pulse turns off. Every
time the output of the waveform generator is changed by the micropro-
cessor, the motor moves 1 “micro-step”.