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Stepping motors are well-suited for open-loop positioning tasks at low power. Every time the user sends a next pulse, the stepping motor driver excites the correct stator phases to rotate the rotor over a predefined discrete angular position. In that way, counting the step command pulses enables open-loop positioning. However, when the motor is overloaded or stuck, step loss occurs, and the relation...