Based on a field-oriented model of induction motor, an adaptive backstepping control approach using neural networks is proposed in this paper for the speed control of induction motors with uncertainties at a minimum of information. Neural networks are used to approximate most of uncertainties which are derived from unknown motor parameters, load torque disturbances and unknown nonlinearities and an adaptive backstepping controller is used to derive adaptive law of neural networks and control input directly. The controller is implemented by the hardware using DSP and the effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified by carrying out the experiment.