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	<description>Complex Ideas...</description>
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		<title>By: Ril3y</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthetos.com/projects/comment-page-1/#comment-92</link>
		<dc:creator>Ril3y</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So I am still not sure what you are wanting to do with your stepper drivers?  YOu can use replicatorG which is a firmware that will &quot;digest&quot; gcode and toss it into STEP DIR (which is what the drivers you built will consume).

Or do you just want them to move?  You should read the data sheet of the stepper driver IC.  But usually its like this.. there is an ENABLE pin... make it high.. There will be a STEP pin this will need to &quot;pulse&quot; so 010 would make it step 1 position.  There is also a DIR pin.  Not reading the datasheet (in quite awhile) DIR 0 = right? 1 = left?  (BTW STEP = 010 meant LOW HIGH LOW)

Psedo Code:

ENABLE = 1;
DIR = 1; //goes right?  I think
for(;;) //an infinite loop.. The motor will just spin forever.
    {
        STEP = 1
        DELAY_MS(100) //whatever value you want
        STEP = 0
        DELAY_MS(100)
    }

So turn that code into arduino.  I cant stress enough that you should read the datasheet on the IC that your stepper driver is using.

I have tried to answer your question... But this kinda not the right place to put this.  Not that I mind.  Just saying if you went to contraptor.org&#039;s forums you would get more input than what I have.  Also, perhaps you go to the reprap/makerbot forums.

This link might help also.
http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/Testing_RepRap_Electronics
Hope this helps bud.

ril3y</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I am still not sure what you are wanting to do with your stepper drivers?  YOu can use replicatorG which is a firmware that will &#8220;digest&#8221; gcode and toss it into STEP DIR (which is what the drivers you built will consume).</p>
<p>Or do you just want them to move?  You should read the data sheet of the stepper driver IC.  But usually its like this.. there is an ENABLE pin&#8230; make it high.. There will be a STEP pin this will need to &#8220;pulse&#8221; so 010 would make it step 1 position.  There is also a DIR pin.  Not reading the datasheet (in quite awhile) DIR 0 = right? 1 = left?  (BTW STEP = 010 meant LOW HIGH LOW)</p>
<p>Psedo Code:</p>
<p>ENABLE = 1;<br />
DIR = 1; //goes right?  I think<br />
for(;;) //an infinite loop.. The motor will just spin forever.<br />
    {<br />
        STEP = 1<br />
        DELAY_MS(100) //whatever value you want<br />
        STEP = 0<br />
        DELAY_MS(100)<br />
    }</p>
<p>So turn that code into arduino.  I cant stress enough that you should read the datasheet on the IC that your stepper driver is using.</p>
<p>I have tried to answer your question&#8230; But this kinda not the right place to put this.  Not that I mind.  Just saying if you went to contraptor.org&#8217;s forums you would get more input than what I have.  Also, perhaps you go to the reprap/makerbot forums.</p>
<p>This link might help also.<br />
<a href="http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/Testing_RepRap_Electronics" rel="nofollow">http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/Testing_RepRap_Electronics</a><br />
Hope this helps bud.</p>
<p>ril3y</p>
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		<title>By: John Hobson</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthetos.com/projects/comment-page-1/#comment-91</link>
		<dc:creator>John Hobson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.contraptor.org/electronics-motors-subset

I have built the stepper motor drivers based on the reprap design and have them working, But im looking for what gets loaded onto the Arduino? I cant find any mention of the Arduino Source code, Or is that whatever you wish it to be?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.contraptor.org/electronics-motors-subset" rel="nofollow">http://www.contraptor.org/electronics-motors-subset</a></p>
<p>I have built the stepper motor drivers based on the reprap design and have them working, But im looking for what gets loaded onto the Arduino? I cant find any mention of the Arduino Source code, Or is that whatever you wish it to be?</p>
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		<title>By: Ril3y</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthetos.com/projects/comment-page-1/#comment-90</link>
		<dc:creator>Ril3y</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John,
Could you be more specific?  What code / project are you talking about?  Contraptor can be found here:
www.contraptor.org</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John,<br />
Could you be more specific?  What code / project are you talking about?  Contraptor can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://www.contraptor.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.contraptor.org</a></p>
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		<title>By: John Hobson</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthetos.com/projects/comment-page-1/#comment-89</link>
		<dc:creator>John Hobson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, Love your site and projects. Im interested in the Contraptor project you are/were working on. Im looking where to get the source code for the Arduino Module. I have all the files for the drivers but no Source. Any help would be great, just cant seem to find it
.
Cheers
John</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Love your site and projects. Im interested in the Contraptor project you are/were working on. Im looking where to get the source code for the Arduino Module. I have all the files for the drivers but no Source. Any help would be great, just cant seem to find it<br />
.<br />
Cheers<br />
John</p>
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		<title>By: MArk Burns</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthetos.com/projects/comment-page-1/#comment-34</link>
		<dc:creator>MArk Burns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cool Stuff. -Thanks for putting it out there- MaRK</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cool Stuff. -Thanks for putting it out there- MaRK</p>
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