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DRV8825HW203 Diode D3 change to 1.3w

2022-08-17
2022-08-18
  • Mika Suoperä

    Mika Suoperä - 2022-08-17

    Hi there

    I am building some of the boards, and wondering if i can replace D3 with 1.3w 4.7v zener rather than the 1w on the schematic. I would have ton of the 1.3w diodes on shelf, so would prefer to use them if possible. Deliveries from china take ages here.

    Lähetetty iPadista

     
  • brownrb

    brownrb - 2022-08-18

    yes. but you will need to recalcuate the voltage in at the pin to ensure power on will work

    in the .ino file

    void updatestepperpowerdetect()
    {
    #ifdef STEPPERPWRDETECT
      stepperpower = (analogRead( STEPPERDETECTPIN )) > 600 ? 1 : 0;
      // for ULN2003 powered from  9V with 4.7VZ, reading was 3.72V = 763
      // for drv8825 powered from 12V with 4.7VZ, reading was 4.07V = 834
      // Each digit = .00488millivolts
    #else
      stepperpower = 1;
    #endif // #ifdef STEPPERPWRDETECT
    }
    

    make sure that the value 600 is less that what the voltage on the pin that you measured - see how i made it lower just in case there was a fluctation in the power supply to the driver board

     
  • Mika Suoperä

    Mika Suoperä - 2022-08-18

    Excellent, so build the board, feed in the 12v, measure the voltage at the detect pin, divide by .00488 and make sure that the value in .ino is good bit lower than result? Thank you, straightforward enough.

     

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