Topic: wanted , printrboard rev e
well I guess I fried my present board. Anybody have an extra one?
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well I guess I fried my present board. Anybody have an extra one?
I hope you find one, in the mean time you might want to look into upgrading ![]()
yea I was looking at the new dual ext SD's, but the lead times are like same ol same ol. Maybe I'll get a SD4.
He meant upgrading to a better board.
He meant upgrading to a better board.
I did, but upgrading to a newer printer is also an option ![]()
WARD , what board do you have? Is this it? RUMBA Board incl. 6 A4988 driver
Same board but I went with the 8825 steppers. You can switch them to 1/16th if you need extra torque for say the Y-axis.
Same board but I went with the 8825 steppers. You can switch them to 1/16th if you need extra torque for say the Y-axis.
1/16th drivers and 1/32 drivers will produce the same torque at a given shaft position. Might be good to look into microstepping a bit. ![]()
Explained:
Lets say you have a 1.8deg/step stepper, rated at 100 oz-in of torque.
at 0 degrees: 100 oz-in torque available
at 1.8 degrees: 100 oz-in of torque available
but if drive it with a 1/2 microstepping driver:
at 0 degrees: 100 oz-in torque available
at 0.9 degrees: 70.7 oz-in of torque available
at 1.8 degrees: 100 oz-in of torque available
So lets say your total load torque is 50 oz-in. Obviously, you'll always hit the desired position (0, 0.9, or 1.8deg). If your load increases to 80oz-in, then when you command 0.9deg the motor and load won't move - but they wouldn't have moved anyway without microstepping!
tl;dr: microstepping always helps, never hurts. Also tends to make the axis resonate/vibrate a whole lot less. Really no downside, as long as you recognize it isn't a perfect replacement for a gear ratio. If you need true accuracy at whatever resolution, then you can't count on microstepping - but if its microstepping or nothing, microstepping is better.
Actually, a permanent magnet synchronous AC motor is just a stepper motor with infinite micro stepping (1/infinity). Those have plenty of torque, they move trains. ![]()
Good to know I just followed Adrian's advice and explanation. Maybe he doesn't know everything
or at least we might get him to show his face a little more often ![]()
Well I found my old Sang board. I got the Printrboard because I could never get the firmware to update. So I fiddled around with the firmware again and finally got it to upload without errors. Back to printing for now.
Thanks for the suggestion Tim! Now I can spend more money making a 5 axis machine using these:
http://www.teknic.com/video/clearpath_video_small.mp4
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