The stepper motor has a maximum velocity, and a maximum acceleration. I am under the max velocity, and have not concerned over the max acceleration yet. Even with the max velocity, the needle is quite fast.. fast enough to see the filter at work. Chris Eddy From: Richard Prosser >When using a stepper to control an indicator pointer - how >are you handling any missed steps? Wouldn't there be a danger >of creating an offset at some time? > > Richard