Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Thanks - was: Things to check? is now: RUNNING~!

Gecko drives are bipolar so you would use the 5A bipolar directions.

sam

Weyland <weyland@...> wrote:
Hey dude,

On Thursday 18 September 2003 10:51 am, turbulatordude spake:

> If you SERIES wire the motors, then use HALF AMPS.
>
> they will be slower, but COLD.

It might come to that. We'll see.

> it sounds like you might have series wired AND used full amps ?

No, I'm positive now that I wired them parallel and full amps.
(finally found the schematic for the motors, and was VERY
careful wiring them because I didn't wanna chance blowing
up the Geckos after that last fiasco...)

> I would say to work the machine thru some paces before you start
> shooting for high speeds.

Agreed.
These were just some notes on my initial impressions.
To note -
I've watched Jeff's video a few times, and while I realize he's using servos,
I'm pretty sure these steppers are more powerful and should be pretty quick.
They're Nema 42's, 635 oz/in.



Ohhhhhh... crap....

My ignorance and confusion has bitten me in the @ss again...

There's two sheets here, both referring to
my motors, both having differring values.

I'm willing to bet I'm using the wrong one.
One of them specifies 3.5A Unipolar, and 5.0A Bipolar.
So which is which?
Uni=series? Bi=parallel?
Hmmmm....

> How fast are you stepping/pulsing ?

No idea.
I'm using a stock BDI-LIVE rc23 on a HP PIII 800Mhz laptop.
What else can I tell you that would help?

Best,

Weyland

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