If you set the steps per at 8000 that means when you command a move of 1 unit per minute the motor will turn one revolution in one minute and the pulses sent out will be 8,000 per minute.
If you command a speed of 3,200 units per minute then that will be 8,000 x 3,200 = 25,600,000 pulses sent out per minute or 426,666 pulses per second.
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