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How to drive a stepper motor via UART with your Arduino Mega using a TMC5072-EVAL
Today we show how to connect TRINAMIC’s TMC5072-EVAL via Single Wire UART to an Arduino Mega for basic operation. The wiring is limited to the basic functionality to communicate via Single Wire UART. Preperation To use the 5V version of the Arduino MEGA you have to resolder Resistor from position R3 to R8. This enables […]
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Silent Stepper-Motors opening new Fields of Application
Stepper-Motors are robust and cheap, but not silent. Even if the times that stepper-motors have been driven in voltage control full- or halfstep mode, they still have the reputation of being noisy. With modern control modes and careful layout it is now possible to design completely silent stepper-motor drives. Read full article (German language) at all-electronics.net
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Robotic Liquid Handling: Lab Automation with Micro-Stepping Motors
Medical testing, analytical chemistry and biological experimentation are three critical life science applications that require repeated pipetting and liquid handling on a daily basis. Pipetting is the process of suctioning (or aspirating) a small amount of liquid into a syringe, moving the sample to another receptacle, and then dispensing the sample in precise quantities into […]
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First print from TRAMS 3D-Printer Shield
For some weeks now we are working on our TRAMS 3D-printer shield – TRAMS is a derivative of the popolar RAMPS shield for Arduino Mega Boards. TRAMS is based on 4 TMC5130 cDriver – a Stepper motor driver with integrated ramp controller, so it offloads the AVR and reduces interrupt load to 10% of the original load. TMC5130 […]
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First TRAMS prototype arrived today
Today the first protos of our new TRINAMIC RepRap Arduino Mega Shield (TRAMS) arrived – looking forward to having it operational in a few days. TRAMS is a derivative of the popular RAMPS board and is build to work with an Arduino Mega Board. We developed a Marlin variant that uses the internal ramp controllers of TMC5130 and thus relieves […]
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TRINAMIC Offers new Programming Solution for TMCM-1043 Stepper Driver Board
Volume Programming Device allows for simple and reliable parameterization of production quantities for TMCM-1043 Stepper Driver Board To complete the cost-efficient TMCM-1043 stepper driver family, TRINAMIC offers a standalone Programming device. Designed for quick and reliable programming of proven parameter sets on hundreds or thousands of TMCM-1043 stepper motor driver-stages. Trinamic’s TMCM-1043 has become one […]