Hi everybody. I have finished the project and has worked very well without much trouble, thanks to the large amount of documentation and support provided. Thank you very much for that.
Just a small concern: I have noticed that when moving large amounts of steps the motor stalls periodically a fraction of a second and then continues moving... This small stops coincide with some lights in the arduino nano blinking...maybe comunicating with the PC... Is it normal? I am not sure if this implies missing steps (will not be many, anyway) It is more or less every second that happen this mini-stops.
By the way, I don't think this is related to the finetune of current in the controller because it doen not disappear raising the current to the max.
I have some other comments about the project but I rather put them in separate posts later on.
Cheers
Juan
Last edit: Juan Gonzalez 2021-03-03
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Yes, the slight pauses are normal. It is not losing steps. It means the arduino is also doing other things too like reading temperature etc. It is only a small chip and cannot do everything at once.
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Hi everybody. I have finished the project and has worked very well without much trouble, thanks to the large amount of documentation and support provided. Thank you very much for that.
Just a small concern: I have noticed that when moving large amounts of steps the motor stalls periodically a fraction of a second and then continues moving... This small stops coincide with some lights in the arduino nano blinking...maybe comunicating with the PC... Is it normal? I am not sure if this implies missing steps (will not be many, anyway) It is more or less every second that happen this mini-stops.
By the way, I don't think this is related to the finetune of current in the controller because it doen not disappear raising the current to the max.
I have some other comments about the project but I rather put them in separate posts later on.
Cheers
Juan
Last edit: Juan Gonzalez 2021-03-03
Yes, the slight pauses are normal. It is not losing steps. It means the arduino is also doing other things too like reading temperature etc. It is only a small chip and cannot do everything at once.
Thanks a lot for the reply to both questions.
All the best