Recommendation 4 Wire Stepper Motor Driver
When shopping for a tb6600 stepper motor driver you will probably come across the slightly cheaper tb6560 driver as well.
4 wire stepper motor driver. This driver can be controlled with the same code wiring but there are some key differences. Brian schmalz design on a3967 ic bi polar motors 75a 30v peak making using this a breeze. A stepper motor can operate in many modes like full step wave drive or half stepping please refer the article on stepper motor for the sequence of steps.
The basics on how stepper motor stepper controller and stepper driver work. But what the wiring should be. Is it okay if my stepper motor has exactly 4 wires.
This driver can be used with the same code as the a4988 and has a current rating of 3 5 a. 9 42 vdc 36 vdc recommended. It cannot drive unipolar stepper motors.
3 5 a per phase 4 a peak. Tb6600 stepper motor driver with arduino tutorial. Oct 26 2018 12 min.
If it had 5. Motors with 6 and 8 wires can be used with both drive types since you can decide how to hook them up externally. The a4988 driver chip has several safety functions built in like overcurrent short circuit under voltage lockout and over temperature protection.
Fortunately most stepper motors can be wired up as bipolar motors. 5 wire motor can only be driven by the unipolar drive since center taps are tied together internally. Based on wires which come out of motor we can determine what kind of motor it is and what kind of drive we need to run it.