The Easy-Step 3000 stepper-motor drive and control system drives unipolar motors rated at up to 35 V and 3 A per phase in full two-phase, full one-phase, and half-step modes. The 63.6 x 26.4-mm device ...
The primary feature of stepper motors is listed right within their name: their ability to ‘step’ forwards and backwards, something which they (ideally) can do perfectly in sync with the input provided ...
It’s little secret that stepper motors are everywhere in FDM 3D printers, but there’s no real reason why you cannot take another type of DC motor like a brushless DC (BLDC) motor and use that instead.