Comments on: Thing-O-Matic: Stepper Motor Torture Test http://softsolder.com/2011/05/03/thing-o-matic-stepper-motor-torture-test/ Ed Nisley's Blog: shop notes, electronics, firmware, machinery, and curiosities Sat, 18 May 2013 12:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Thing-O-Matic: Fastest Cephalopods EVAH! « The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning http://softsolder.com/2011/05/03/thing-o-matic-stepper-motor-torture-test/#comment-4789 Sat, 14 May 2011 11:19:04 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=7031#comment-4789 [...] one worked perfectly, which just goes to show that diagnostic tests never find the errors that crop up in real [...]

]]> By: Fastest Thing-O-Matic EVAH! « The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning http://softsolder.com/2011/05/03/thing-o-matic-stepper-motor-torture-test/#comment-4713 Fri, 06 May 2011 11:26:45 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=7031#comment-4713 [...] With a pair of low-resistance and (relatively) high-torque NEMA 17 stepper motors driving the X and Y axes, I re-ran that torture test. [...]

]]> By: Thing-O-Matic: MBI Stepper Motor Analysis « The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning http://softsolder.com/2011/05/03/thing-o-matic-stepper-motor-torture-test/#comment-4691 Thu, 05 May 2011 11:47:50 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=7031#comment-4691 [...] stepper motor data collected there and the driver data there, plus running some experiments with different motors, I’ve concluded that the MBI stepper motors aren’t appropriate for the Thing-O-Matic. [...]

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