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  • hydronics / about 8 years ago * / 2

    I have the circuit connected as shown in the diagram.... but I found if you don't connect the ground from the Arduino to the Easy Driver, the motion is really jerky.

    I guess I was kinda surprised at how few pins you have to connect. The guide starts out indicating you have to pull RST and SLP HIGH so I was just waiting to find something to go wrong, albeit ground and not the other two pins. Maybe indicate that those two pins are normally HIGH and add the GND connection in the circuit... or maybe I'm just reading too much into it ;/

  • Member #1607693 / about 4 years ago / 1

    Can a loose power connection result in seemingly jerky movement? It doesn't look the motor is moving as smoothly as I would expect.

    • santaimpersonator / about 4 years ago / 1

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  • Member #1607693 / about 4 years ago / 1

    Is there a video tutorial for physically connecting the motor to the easy driver? I've determined the pairs of wires using a multimeter, but I'm unsure if the best method for wire connection is soldering the wires directly to the easy driver or another method (I would prefer not to solder motor wires directly to the easy driver incase I want to use the easy driver for another application).

    • santaimpersonator / about 4 years ago / 1

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      That being said, if the pitch (spacing) between the through holes is .1", you could solder in these screw terminals instead of attaching your wires directly to the board (*at least for the motor connections). You could consider using female headers for the connections to the microcontroller board.

  • Member #925005 / about 6 years ago / 1

    This might help

    [b]Control stepper motor with mobile | RaspberryPi | EasyDriver[/b]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVSgOyKpwLI&list=PLKql6gcii8KFvLv7M9BBS0y97Dr0zH5lk

  • Member #1387223 / about 6 years ago / 1

    What's the difference between the ENABLE and RST pins. They seem to have the same functionality

  • Member #604437 / about 6 years ago / 1

    I just followed this guide to set up my arduino pro mini with the easy driver.

    when MS1 and MS2 are both LOW the motor doesn't move, it just vibrates. When both are HIGH it moves in large steps and with just one HIGH it moves in smaller steps. This doesn't seem to agree with what's in the article. Any idea what could be causing this?

    • Sounds like you don't have a proper power supply. Please review the "Hardware Hookup" section of the tutorial where it discusses powering your Easy Driver, and make sure the supply you choose falls within the following specs: |verify that whatever choice you go with is capable of providing up to 2A and falls in the range of 6V to 30V.

      If you're still having troubles after that, please reach out to techsupport@sparkfun.com. They'll be able to assist you further.

  • Member #787805 / about 6 years ago / 1

    What is the maximum RPM with this driver? I am only able to achieve 144RPM with a Nema 14 12Ncm motor: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W91K3T6/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  • The SLP function puts the motor to sleep – how do I "pull it low" from my Arduino? I'm guessing that means connect to ground, right?

  • Member #20253 / about 8 years ago / 1

    Was wondering if this drives 5 volt stepper motors?

    • It depends on the motor. This board can only source 150mA to 750mA/phase to the motor, so that's the spec you need to really watch for.

  • hydronics / about 8 years ago / 1

    the github link next to the code links to the design files and not the code as indicated.

    • The product repositories contain both the design files and the example code. You'll want to check in the Firmware directory in the repository for the Arduino sketches. If you download the .zip of the repository, or clone the repository, you'll get all of the design, firmware, and production files.

      • hydronics / about 8 years ago / 1

        Ok, thanks, I didn't think to check the firmware directory.


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