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RE: Adapting Surplus Power Supplies For The Arduino

@zander and @daves Thanks for the replies. I'm going to use 9V batteries with a 2.1mm plug for general testing and a regulated power supply of 5V for ...

2 years ago
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RE: Adapting Surplus Power Supplies For The Arduino

@zander Thanks for the reply Ron. I agree with you that the Arduino won't pull any more current than it needs so 3A is OK. I was hoping to find out th...

2 years ago
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RE: Confused by the labels on steppers and controllers

@will I plugged the UNO into my PC and it powered right up on 6V for the stepper. I took a video of the stepper working but it is >10MB. I'll...

2 years ago
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RE: Confused by the labels on steppers and controllers

@will Above is the CWD I am attempting to wire up between the Arduino and the A4988 as per the Dronebot Workshop video. It shows no separate powe...

2 years ago
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RE: Confused by the labels on steppers and controllers

@will I will connect the stepper as you suggest: A+ to 1A, B+ to 1B, A- to 2A, and B- to 2B for consistency. I found that I had jumpered the Reset and...

2 years ago
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RE: Controller more than one stepper motor with the same controller

There are lots of ways to extend the reach of an Arduino microcontroller. For instance, each stepper has two coil circuits A and B. If I insert a SPDT...

2 years ago
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RE: Controller more than one stepper motor with the same controller

@will There are 54 steppers to control so I need some logic to select the stepper for the controller to run. I am trying to engineer sending the contr...

2 years ago