I have always wanted to write a book on motion control, driving motors, motor topologies, motor drives, etc. You know, I could go and start writing an actual paper book and then ship it to a Publishing House. And if I…
The Dual Stepper Driver Conundrum
One of my readers was kind enough to comment on the current affairs on stepper drivers and how many we can cram on a single device. Jim is one of the many stepper driver users who like the idea of…
The Avayanium Project Z Axis Implementation
When I decided to build the Avayanium 3D Printer, I scoured the web while trying to find the perfect topology to attack. There are so many of them out there, I was kind of overwhelmed. Luckily, one day I saw…
How To Extract 3A Out Of Your 2.5A Stepper Driver
If this was Tool Time with Tim Allen, I would have had to start this post with “What do we want? More power! And so, I rewired it!…” only to be followed by “WARF…WARF… WARF…” But I am not the…
A First Look At My 3D Printer Extruder
It took me about 48 hours to get this puppy complete. From conception to implementation! I must admit, however, that I have had the idea of how it should look and work lingering in the back of my mind for…
Configuring The CNC Mother Board To Work With MACH3
MACH3 is very a versatile CNC machine controller and it can be adapted to practically anything you can think of. For most people, however, it is all of this flexibility what makes it so daunting to give it a try.…