It can do - it depends how lazy you're feeling. The IC I mentioned above does everything onboard, which means you
can have a simpler PIC code, and can control the motor with a minimum of just one pin. (a couple more if you need to dynamically specify direction and step mode)

However, you can also generate the step sequene in the PIC and use the PIC to drive a drive ircuit. I used the above because it is simple, not too expensive (or wasn't when I bought it), and one less thing to go wrong!

Cheers,


Ben