Re: Which stepper driver card to buy??

Hello,

I have some of the older Camtronics 3 x 5A drives...
(Kevin Carroll's design, AIRC)

I also have a number of the 3776 and 3517 Erikkson chips(or is it
3518? 3815?
(I've got 'em, just can't remember the number right now!<G>)
to populate the single axis drives Dan used to sell; if he's willing
to sell bare boards (or their design files)...

Reply offlist if interested,

Ballendo


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "squidsrus85"
<squidsrus85@...> wrote:

>
> Hi people,
>
> Probably a tough question, but I have just added 3 x 150oz/in

steppers

> to my Sherline mill and now need a driver card.
>
> The motors are 2.26v and 4.6A.
>
> I'd like to use a driver with 5A but have not found anything at a

cost

> I can afford. Any suggestions on that?
>
> Next idea is to connect the motor in series for 2.3A and that

opens up

> a bunch of drivers.
>
> Can anyone please recommend any particular boards from experience

in

> either the 5A or 2-3A ranges.
>
> I did a search here and found mention of a camtronics 5A board but
> cannot find it listed on their website., It looks to me they have

gone

> with Gecko drives instead. I cannot afford 3 of those as much as I
> might like to.
>
> Oh, I will be using Mach3 on the PC. Have not bought it yet but

next

> in line after the driver and power supply.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Dave
>