Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Oatley Card Finished

Joe,

I'm sure you know, but if the LED's leads are reversed, they won't
light! Won't hurt them. Don't ask me how I know! ;>)

Also I can't recall or find the URL of the dealer that carries the
Australian Oatley projects.

Alan KM6VV


Joe Vicars wrote:

>
> G'Day Mates!
> I have finished and tested the Austrailian, Oatley 2 axis bipolar
> drive kit #K109. I now have a 2 axis Etch-a-Sketch. I am pleased to
> report that it works although there are some things that should be
> mentioned.
> 1. Documentation with the kit was not so great. They gave me a
> treatise on stepper motor theory but no instructions on how to assemble
> the board, no specs, nada.
> 2. The board was however silk screened and everything went together
> smooth.
> 3 . The LED's don't light up (or maybe I just couldn't see them in
> the daylight)
> Important: The driver is NOT a step/dir drive. Fortunately I kept
> a demo copy of DeskNC which has a selection for PHASE DRIVE. I'm not
> sure what that is but it works.
> There is only one Vcc on the board and right now I am running at
> 18VDC just by turning the voltage up until the motors worked right.
> I will post pictures later, next few days.
>