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Tic Stepper Motor Controller User’s Guide

Tic T500, T834, T825, T249, and 36v4 USB Multi-Interface Stepper Motor Controllers.

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1. Overview
1.1. Available versions
1.2. Supported operating systems
2. Contacting Pololu
3. Getting started
3.1. Installing Windows drivers and software
3.2. Installing Linux software
3.3. Installing macOS software
3.4. LED feedback
4. Setting up the controller
4.1. Choosing the power supply, Tic, and stepper motor
4.2. Connecting the stepper motor and power supply
4.3. Configuring and testing the stepper motor
4.4. Setting up USB control
4.5. Setting up serial control
4.6. Setting up I²C control
4.7. Setting up RC position control
4.8. Setting up RC speed control
4.9. Setting up analog position control
4.10. Setting up analog speed control
4.11. Setting up encoder position control
4.12. Setting up encoder speed control
4.13. Setting up STEP/DIR control
4.14. Setting up limit switches and homing
5. Details
5.1. Motion parameters
5.2. Analog/RC input handling
5.3. Encoder input handling
5.4. Error handling
5.5. Pin configuration
5.6. Homing
5.7. Upgrading firmware
5.8. Logic power output (5V)
5.9. Hardware design files
6. Setting reference
7. Variable reference
8. Command reference
9. Serial command encoding
10. I²C command encoding
11. USB command encoding
12. Writing PC software to control the Tic
12.1. Example code to run ticcmd in C
12.2. Example code to run ticcmd in Ruby
12.3. Example code to run ticcmd in Python
12.4. Running ticcmd with Windows shortcuts
12.5. Example serial code for Linux and macOS in C
12.6. Example serial code for Windows in C
12.7. Example serial code in Python
12.8. Example I²C code for Linux in C
12.9. Example I²C code for Linux in Python
12.10. Example I²C code for MicroPython
12.11. Example code using the C API
12.12. Example code using the C++ API

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