Adafruit_StepperMotor - Energize stepper without moving?

[thor73]

I am using a motor shield v2.3 in conjunction with the Adafruit_StepperMotor library and the AccelStepper library.

Is there a way to energize the stepper without moving it? The tutorial states "The step() function is synchronous and does not return until all steps are complete. When complete the motor remains powered to apply "holding torque" to maintain position." I would like to be able to maintain holding torque when the system starts up, but without moving the stepper first.

Thanks!

[adafruit_support_bill]

The library does not have a function that will do that. One approach would be to do one microstep forward and back at startup to leave the motor energized.

[thor73]

Thanks, that was what I ended up doing. Works fine!

[adafruit_support_bill]

Good to hear. Thanks for the update.