my controller is a replicape with the tmc2100 drivers. i heard nemas are a little beefier motors and i was considering building a 3dprinter/cnc router so to make it a bit more useful for the cnc part i thought id future proof and go nema 23's.
However my electronics understanding isn't the best, so i was hoping someone could help explain how i can tell if my board will run them, or blow up, ect.
so far ive determined using a 24v power supply with help with the bigger motors, why i don't understand other than a bigger number must mean better. lol
anyways volts, amps, watts. i seen a youtube video that says the tmc2100's run at 2.5a i think but when i look at the data sheet it says 1.7a with 2.5 PEAK which i understand means its not meant to run 2.5 all the time.
then most of the nema 23's i see run at like 3a's but there are some much lower
then another thing with the replicape its a bit limited in motor connections, so for one of the axis with 2 motors i might need to connection 2 motors to one connection.....is that safe and possible
i did a little work with a computer fan once and a dc adaptor, and if memory serves me right amps are the scary one, but thats about the extent of my knowledge and im not sure if its the power amps or the thing u are powering needs to be higher otherwise the other blows. With the replicape i 'think' you can control the amps it puts out, or it does it automatically? im not 100% sure.
ive also read with these stepper motors u ahve to hit a certain amount of volts or amps to get it to start turning.
yah im dumb, someone help
However my electronics understanding isn't the best, so i was hoping someone could help explain how i can tell if my board will run them, or blow up, ect.
so far ive determined using a 24v power supply with help with the bigger motors, why i don't understand other than a bigger number must mean better. lol
anyways volts, amps, watts. i seen a youtube video that says the tmc2100's run at 2.5a i think but when i look at the data sheet it says 1.7a with 2.5 PEAK which i understand means its not meant to run 2.5 all the time.
then most of the nema 23's i see run at like 3a's but there are some much lower
then another thing with the replicape its a bit limited in motor connections, so for one of the axis with 2 motors i might need to connection 2 motors to one connection.....is that safe and possible
i did a little work with a computer fan once and a dc adaptor, and if memory serves me right amps are the scary one, but thats about the extent of my knowledge and im not sure if its the power amps or the thing u are powering needs to be higher otherwise the other blows. With the replicape i 'think' you can control the amps it puts out, or it does it automatically? im not 100% sure.
ive also read with these stepper motors u ahve to hit a certain amount of volts or amps to get it to start turning.
yah im dumb, someone help