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how to pick the right motor driver

Discussion in 'Motors' started by Sierra, Feb 13, 2020.

  1. Sierra

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    I am not sure where to start, I'm trying to build a gantry robot and my friend found a linear actuator, that comes with NEMA 23 stepper motors: NEMA 23 Stepper Motor - High Torque Series

    I believe in order to control it I need a motor driver to interface with the motor and the Arduino Uno, but I don't know where to start on picking the right one. So if some one could help me, that'd help a lot! Thanks in advance!
     
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    DQ542MA is compatible with Arduino Uno (Simple Step/Dir/Enable interface, plenty of libraries available)
    BlackBox has an onboard Arduino Uno, by default running on Grbl (gnea/grbl) but since its is based off an Uno you can run your own sketches too
     

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