sorry for what maybe sounds like a dumb question, but having read the 
Proctor/Shackleford paper on the influence of jitter on steppers which 
basically say: "all it causes is a loss of torque on the order of 10%" (given 
the figures at the time the paper was written),

also, having never seen a stepper stall myself except when banging into a limit:

Am 06.12.2012 um 20:47 schrieb Gene Heskett:

> On Thursday 06 December 2012 14:38:54 Michael Haberler did opine:
> 
>> Gene,
>> 
>> just curious on your method:
>> 
>> Am 06.12.2012 um 17:14 schrieb Gene Heskett:
>>> Chuckle..  NP Kent, but I would point out that it only takes one
>>> out-lier of an extra 50 u-s, in a 25 u-s loop, to cause a stepper
>>> stall and a wrecked part or tool.  To me I could care less if its 2
>>> u-s or 7 u-s because they aren't show stoppers.  But that 2x a day 50
>>> u-s lag IS a show stopper because that is the puppy that will
>>> cheerfully eat your lunch.
>> 
>> How did you determine a) the stepper stalled (for how many steps?) and
>> b) actually the cause was the delay you mention?
>> 
>> - Michael
>> 
> If a stepper stalls, running above 1/3 its max speed, and does it at random 
> times, that is the doorstep I lay the blame on.

Do you have any hard evidence for that, or is that pure conjecture? 

How do you discriminate that suggested cause against mechanical overload?

- Michael

>  How many steps before I 
> can hit the estop is immaterial because if it slips one step, it is stopped 
> forever since it cannot re-accelerate to running speed in one step once the 
> late step has passed, at least until linuxcnc slows down to reverse or turn 
> a corner, at which point the motor may well picked and run again.  But 
> since linuxcnc is unaware of that, the point is moot, either the work, the 
> tool, or both are probably damaged beyond repair.
> 
> Cheers, Gene
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