Questions tagged [stepper-driver]
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Is my stepper motor driver causing me current issues or is it me?
I've been using a Pancake Bipolar Stepper Motor for a project and STSPIN220 as the driver, but I've been randomly having a lot of current issues causing my motor to jitter.
My project has been running ...
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Why is my NEMA 14 stepper motor overheating when idle?
TLDR: motor overheats >200 degF and I don't know why.
I have a NEMA 14 stepper motor (14 N-cm) driven by an A4988. The logic is controlled by an ESP-32 WROOM MCU, and the motor is powered by a 24-V ...
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Homemade Darlington for NEMA 23 motor
I'm demonstrating the recycling of e-waste to my local community by mining and recycling parts from entertainment equipment found in thrift stores.
As such, PNP transistors are very hard to come by. I ...
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Bipolar stepper motor - can't decide whether its defective or not
I am trying to control a two phase bipolar stepper motor using a TMCM-3212 module. The parameters of the stepper motors are 0.96 A rated current and 2.66 V.
When I first ran the Python script of the ...
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EMC considerations when driving stepper motors through cable
I am developing a driving circuit for a pump — essentially a stepper motor. The PWM output signals that drive the windings are connected through a connector on the PCB and an approximately 50cm cable ...
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Can I link two stepper controllers and motors of different types to the same step signal outputs from a control board?
I need stepper motors of different amps and weights to mirror each other to +/- 5% total precision.
Can there be problems if I use the same step-signal pins from a control board towards two different ...
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Voltage transients in stepper driver
I am having considerable amplitude of voltage transients in my ~60V stepper driver design. I referenced High-Voltage Stepper Reference Design Using DRV8711 document for building the circuit albeit ...
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Running TMC2240 Stepper Motor Driver with Arduino?
I am attempting to run a Nema 17 stepper motor with the BigTreeTech TMC2240 stepper motor driver. I am connecting to the driver module with an Arduino UNO R3 board, and I'm using Arduino IDE v2.3.0.
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Test Stepper Motor Driver TMC2208 With Multimeter
I had a faulty stepper driver which i plugged into my 3D printer motherboard (GTM32 Mini S) and when i powered up the board there was smoke and the MCU was toast. I thougt it was the board first, so i ...
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Why is the load supply (VBB1) on my A3967 shorting to both OUT1A and OUT1B when the stepper motor is disconnected?
I am utilizing the A3967 Allegro microstepping driver with translator. The problem is that I'm burning out the driver when the stepper motor is seemingly disconnected. This doesn't happen every time I ...
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Custom mount dev-board for A4988 stepper motor drivers - motor performance issues and loud noise
I have a project that requires 3 stepper motors driven by A4988 and NodeMCU V3 LoLin (ESP32). I 3D printed a panel to mount my components. Since I have 3 seperate A4988 drivers one for each motor I ...
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TB6600 / using with low voltage stepper motor
I'm using a classic TB6600 Stepper Motor driver (see for example link)
I have a stepper motor that is rated for 5 VDC (datasheet). I have the datasheet, but it does not specify a current limit. I ...
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Powering a NEMA17 stepper motor (DRV8825 driver) with a mt3608 boost converter
I'm encountering a very strange problem at the moment.
In the course of my school project I need to drive a NEMA17 stepper motor with a DRV8825 stepper driver, which is soldered with its breakout on ...
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Does the TMC5160 track motor position?
It's not clear if the TMC5160 has position tracking internally or if it can be used in substitute of an external encoder.
The data sheet indicates that the driver can both detect stalls and tracks ...
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Stepper motor for wire winding step calculations
Stepper motor takes 200 steps/revolution without anything attached to the shaft. With a bobbin of 10mm in diameter and 50mm in length attached to stepper motor shaft, does it take the same 200 steps/...
