Radio Shack Closing

From: koswix 2 Mar 2015 13:56
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 34 of 36
Ish. That board will run 1 2amp stepper, but you'll struggle to get any decent speed out of the motor with only 12v to play with.

With steppers, voltage means faster coil switching (the time taken to change the the magnetic state of each coil, more voltage = faster change).

I'm aiming to use 24v or 36v to start with (either 2 or 3 atx power supplies wired in series :D )

Check out these: http://www.schmalzhaus.com/BigEasyDriver/
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 2 Mar 2015 15:45
To: koswix 35 of 36
So one driver per motor?  What do you think of this one?
From: koswix 2 Mar 2015 16:10
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 36 of 36
They're great (although that seems pricey, I got mine for about £1.5 each. I got a bunch and they're so cheap I didn't even mind when I let the magic smoke out of one).

They will only provide 750mA max, though (and ideally you want some cooling to run at that level for a long period).

Stepper motors:

More current = more torque.
More voltage = more RPMs.

The motors I ordered are rated for 4.5/5 amps, but when I ran them on my 750mA drivers they were still pretty strong. Don't think that'd hold up to machining, though, as I could stall them with a pair of pliers pretty easily.