stepper engine + joystick

hello everyone,

I do not have much knowledge about PLC's etc, therefore I am asking here.

The problem is that i want to control the stepper engine with a joystick. when i move the joystick forward, the stepper engine should turn clockwise to a certain degree. (e.g. if i move the joystick completely up, the motor should turn 30°, if i pull the joystick completely down the motor should turn 30° in the other direction) this proces should be proportional prefferably.

I think this is possible with a PLC, but i have no clue what to look at so i know they will work together. And i also have pretty much no experience in programming PLC's (except for siemens)

Is it even possible what I am asking? and are there any setups that u could suggest for me?

I would appreciate any help, and thank anyone in advance!
kind regards
Porchechop

how many stepper are used ?

joystick will give you analog voltage 0 to 10v ,you connect this analog voltage to PLC analog input.U will see count for analog vtg.
Use PTO instruction to drive stepper to 30 deg accordingly

PLC is no good(the speed is no good to step) for this, look at arduino, they do have a standard library for this.
www.arduino.cc look for stepper.

A standard RC-style servo would work perfectly in this application, depending on the size/torque you need to achieve.

Something like this:
http://www.servocity.com/html/hs-805bb_mega_power.html

Here's a circuit that takes a 0-10v signal and outputs a PWM signal to control RC servos:
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/servo10v.html

Or, just buy one of these:
http://www.servocity.com/html/2_servo_joystick.html

-rpoet