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Connecting a Moonlite stepper

2020-08-24
2020-11-03
  • Rob Johnson

    Rob Johnson - 2020-08-24

    Hi Robert,

    I've read through most of the discussion on driving a Moonlite stepper (I have a CR2) and assume I can use a Nano and a L293D mini board. I'm a novice at this so could you point me to somewhere which shows all of the connections please, for example I'm not sure of where the connection on the attached hook up to the Arduino?

    many thanks,
    Rob

     
  • Rob Johnson

    Rob Johnson - 2020-10-10

    Could anyone clarify please - I'm almost complete but before I connect the power up I just want to be clear - J12 LD293D - B does that connect to the green screw terminals on the L293 (gnd & vin) common with the 12V to the motor?

    thanks,
    Rob

     
  • brownrb

    brownrb - 2020-10-10

    That connector has labels + - that one goes to the l293dmini 12v in and the other to the l293dmini nd.

    The l293d will not drive unipolar motors.

     
  • Rob Johnson

    Rob Johnson - 2020-10-11

    Sorry Robert it isn't clear to me. So far I have

    in1
    in2
    in3
    in4
    vcc
    gnd

    from the main board going to the corresponding labelled connections on the LD293D mini. Then I have the two leads from J12 and I can't see where you mean these should go. If you could describe using the labels on the physical boards that would help me.

    thank you for your patience.
    Rob

     
  • brownrb

    brownrb - 2020-10-12

    Please see attached diagram

     
  • brownrb

    brownrb - 2020-10-12

    Please see UPDATED attached diagram

     
  • Rob Johnson

    Rob Johnson - 2020-10-12

    Thank you so much Robert, very clear and everything is working perfectly now!

     
  • brownrb

    brownrb - 2020-10-12

    No problem.

     
  • Felipe Almario

    Felipe Almario - 2020-11-03

    Hi guys, I have the proyect Up and running on windows machine, but would like to connect the focuser to a raspberry pi3b+ via usb, is it possible?

     

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