fredebec
France
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Hi,
I am trying to use a NEMA17 stepper motor (from an old 3D printer) with the EZB v4, through the EasyDriver - Stepper Motor Driver from Sparkfun. I have connected everything this way:
and use the following code (from this thread: Link):
$x = 0
:loop
$x = $x + 1
SET(D1,ON) # dir pin (maintain current direction)
SET(D0,ON) # step pin
Sleep(1)
SET(D0,OFF) # step pin
Sleep(1)
print($x) # let me know the loop progress
if($x = 6400)
$x = 0 # don't go crazy
endif
goto (loop)
But the motor barely moves and I cannot change the speed by playing with Sleep().
I use a 24v 15A alim (the same I used before with this stepper motor in my 3D printer) so I should have enough power
Any idea what I do wrong ?
Related Hardware EZ-B v4
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For something as granular and repetitive as a stepper, use an Arduino between the stepper driver and ezb. Or, use an Arduino as an ezb with stepper capability added.
Operating systems for PCs, such as windows and Linux and macOS are not real-time. They don’t have precision such as the stepper would need. Additionally there’s overhead of the entire network and WiFi stack.
@DJ
What do you mean by that? I already have an "EZBfied" Arduino Mega, so I am interested