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BED : Big Easy Driver

JJX
2024-11-23
2024-12-11
  • JJX

    JJX - 2024-11-23

    Hello from France, and congratulations for all this work.

    Just found an old Brian Schmaltz PCB : Big Easy Driver from https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12859 in my garage.

    Do you you think it's possible to use or adapt it with the right stepper motor.
    The BED can handle 2A bipolar stepper motors.
    If I look at the schematic there is a lot of common points and it share the same original chip A4988.
    Thanks for your help.
    Regards

     
  • brownrb

    brownrb - 2024-12-05

    JJX
    No, not really. I think there is no need to use motors with 2A. And the pdf does say that the driver BED needs a heat sink if running with 2A motors.

    In a lot of rotators it may be possible to use a simpler 5V motor running off USB.

    I'm sorry to say that time and effort (which is in short supply) are just not there to implement that further

    Regards
    Robert

     

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