Hello, I am trying to run 4 Nema 23's, each individually so I can raise something up and down on the C-Beam assembly, using a button or switch. I'd like to use an Arduino. Does anyone have any experience with this? Any hardware recommendations? I have tried using a 24V power supply and motor driver, but I am having issues. Thanks!
You may need multiple stackable stepper motor shields. I think an arduino board can only handle 3 with drivers. But i could be wrong.
grblHAL not ideal for a non-CNC use case: ____ Arduino, couple switches and a library like GitHub - laurb9/StepperDriver: Arduino library for A4988, DRV8825, DRV8834, DRV8880 and generic two-pin (DIR/STEP) stepper motor drivers (not used it myself, first result in a search for Arduino libraries that support step/dir drivers) with a little custom code will be better Which drivers do you have?
Perfect, will work fine with the solution I suggested. You will have a little bit of a learning curve with Arduino if you aren't already familiar but libraries makes that a little easier
Could I operate the 4 steppers with this: BlackBox Motion Control System ? and just forgo the tooling part. It seems like the openbuilds software would allow me to operate each stepper individually if needed.
Individually is subjective, it is a CNC based system, and CNCs want syncronised moves to reach the destination at the right time. Theoretically yes though with coding up a custom macro Getting started with Javascript Macros in CONTROL / Library of Macros created by the community
