Juju

I am a complete beginner in python, to further learn on the style of coding you mentioned i would just need to research active loops? and thank you for explaining the calculation

Thank you all for replying to my question I appreciate the time taken to reply.

As this is my first post I'm not sure how exactly to word this. I started a project where i am trying to create a DIY RA Drive instead of buying a commercial one, I have successfully created a bracket and my wiring is all completed and works fine, however this may seem ridicule but I don't know how to match the rotation of the stepper to the earths rotation, in other words I am not sure on how to calculate the delay in which I need to send a signal for pulses. Below is the code i am using. i have up to 32 micro steps and am using python on a raspberry pi 3+. I have seen many people complete this project but all guides have been using Arduinos. Below is my code, could someone be so kind as to explain how i would go about the above problem? many thanks As said above the code and hardware works fine it is just the steps and how to match earths rotation i do not understand. from time import sleep import RPi.GPIO as GPIO from tkinter import * from tkinter import messagebox # PUL = 17 # Stepper Drive Pulses DIR = 27 # Controller Direction Bit (High for Controller default / LOW to Force a Direction Change). ENA = 22 # Controller Enable Bit (High to Enable / LOW to Disable). channel = 2 #Relay GPIO is set as channel GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) # GPIO.setup(PUL, GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(DIR, GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(ENA, GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(channel, GPIO.OUT) #Relay GPIO Set up durationFwd = 1000 delay = 0.05 # This is actualy a delay between PUL pulses - effectively sets the mtor rotation speed. print('Speed set to ' + str(delay)) def Relay_on(): GPIO.output(2, GPIO.LOW) # Turn motor on def Relay_off(): GPIO.output(2, GPIO.HIGH) # Turn motor off def Exit(): GPIO.cleanup() exit() def forward(): GPIO.output(ENA, GPIO.HIGH) print('ENA set to HIGH - Controller Enabled') # sleep(.1) # pause due to a possible change direction GPIO.output(DIR, GPIO.LOW) print('DIR set to LOW - Moving Forward at ' + str(delay)) print('Controller PUL being driven.') for x in range(durationFwd): GPIO.output(PUL, GPIO.HIGH) sleep(delay) GPIO.output(PUL, GPIO.LOW) sleep(delay) GPIO.output(ENA, GPIO.LOW) return tk = Tk() tk.geometry("400x300") b1 = Button(tk, text="Relay On", command=Relay_on).place(x=100, y=50) b2 = Button(tk, text="Relay Off", command=Relay_off).place(x=100, y=100) b3 = Button(tk, text="Exit", command=Exit).place(x=100, y=200) b4 = Button(tk, text="Forward", command=forward).place(x=100, y=150) tk.mainloop() GPIO.cleanup() #