Anybody wants a stepper motor analyzer?
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Arrived already, thanks again man!
I gave it a quick check with the printer on it's side and it works beautifully. I need another cable to use it properly though.
Maybe you guys can help me out. My familiarity with the various connector types is low.
I had some spare stepper cables like this, so I chopped off the white end and terminated with the connectors zapta sent (on the right). Those plug right into my Duet board, and the black connector into the analyzer.
But, I'm left with a very short length of loose cable after unplugging the motor that I need to get out from under the machine. Basically a male version of the connector on the right. Anything easier that in missing?
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@ccs86, the connector on the right is KF2510 4 pins, it's a clone of a Molex connector, KK or something like that.
You can get KF2510 connector on Aliexpress, Amazon and many other places, or you can get the Molex ones from Digikey and similar.
https://www.amazon.com/GeeBat-Connector-Headers-Terminals-Housing/dp/B01M69TKAM
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32963887703.html
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Connector_and_spare_part_numbers
I solder the wires to the male side and use heat shrink to cover the exposed solder points.
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@zapta All Good, thanx for that. Will wait for your message.
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@zapta said in Anybody wants a stepper motor analyzer?:
@ccs86, the connector on the right is KF2510 4 pins, it's a clone of a Molex connector, KK or something like that.
You can get KF2510 connector on Aliexpress, Amazon and many other places, or you can get the Molex ones from Digikey and similar.
https://www.amazon.com/GeeBat-Connector-Headers-Terminals-Housing/dp/B01M69TKAM
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32963887703.html
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Connector_and_spare_part_numbers
I solder the wires to the male side and use heat shrink to cover the exposed solder points.
Perfect, that is exactly what I had in mind. Thanks for the info man!
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thanks @zapta
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Super cool. Thanks @zapta !
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@ccs86 said in Anybody wants a stepper motor analyzer?:
The small sine wave like pattern on the step chart indicates the circles, and the magnitude represents the radius.
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@zapta cant believe you've not linked to this vid on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iII25DGIdA
I'm interested from a learning perspective but currently have no use for it. I'd actually like to know what people will use this for? To test drivers and steppers I assume but to what extent?
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If you are still taking orders, I would be interested in one. I was looking at building my own but don't have the necessary tools to make it easy.
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@zapta If it's not too late, I would like one of your stepper motor analysers when you next do a run .
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The last batch of 9 units is ready to be shipped to the people listed below. If there is no X near your name please send me your name and shipping address via chat.
Once it will be shipped, I will let you know and ask you to purchase and send me a gift card from www.amazon.com (not from local amazon website), $40 if you are in the US and $45 international.
@lbi X
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@GeorgeM X
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@agmeadows@appjaws, the last batch is already allocated so you are at the top of the waiting list, in case somebody from the list above will not provide their shipping address.
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I would like one from your next batch--do you have an ETA?
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hi, i sent my address and t’he amazon code via chat, i think.
I don't know if you received it or not, I don't get along with chatsVia GoogleTranslator
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@1ri, got your message. Replied via chat. Sorry for my late response.
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@agmeadows, please send me your shipping name and address via chat.
@tenaja, I am sorry but all the planed units are claimed. I hope that somebody will pick the idea and will make them available in larger quantities (the design is in public domain with no strings attached whatsoever).
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I am planning to make a few but I've been delayed by a few weeks. I may decide to just place a big order once I'm done with the first, I'll post here when I do. If you're interested send me a message and I'll direct my communication to those people interested.
Usually the team that scores the most points wins the game.
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@th0mpy said in Anybody wants a stepper motor analyzer?:
I am planning to make a few
Hi @Th0mpy, that's a great initiative. Thanks. Please remember that the license is public domain (CC0) and allows commercial use, which make the availability of analyzers more sustainable. Can also be a great kickstarter.
I suggest to use files from released versions (firmware, electronic, and mechanical) rather than latest, it's safe this way. https://github.com/zapta/simple_stepper_motor_analyzer/releases
Also, I used JLCP to provide and solder all the SMD components in their inventory, which includes the heavy lifting of soldering the two FPC 0.5mm pitch connectors. Just had to solder myself the current sensors, stepper connector (remember to cut the pins using the 3D printed jig) and the Pico.
The mechanical design and TFT are based on Dustin's Watts ESP32 Touchdown (but is ~2mm longer). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPmdetwhvFeRkgXhIWq_eg . He uses PCBWay to assembled his board (potentially they can solder all of the components) and had a few vidoes about it. He is also very approachable on his Discord forum so you can ask him for manufacturing advise. https://youtu.be/YHzU_GXCIkQ
https://www.tindie.com/products/dustinwattsnl/esp32-touchdown/
Please let me know if you have any question, here or on github, and if you want I can add to my github repository a link to your store.
BTW, the last unit from my 30 units batch went out today and I don't plan to make another batch.
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@zapta Cool thank you! I appreciate the feedback and the offer. Once I get mine done I'll give you a holler.
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Hey @Zapta, after using it for a while now, I would love to change at least one configuration aspect: A lower scale screen for the steps chart.
When I have it hooked up to my extruder motor, even at the higher end of my print speeds, I only use about 600 of the 1k step scale, with the current time scaling.
For really looking at how linear advance is (or is not) working, a much tighter scale would be awesome. Maybe a [300 step / 10 sec] screen, or even [150 step / 5 sec]
It looks like steps_chart_screen.cpp handles this:
But while Y scale might be set here (and labeling), it looks like the X time scale is defined elsewhere.
Questions:
- Is there a memory limit that would prevent adding say 2 more chart axis configs to this screen?
- Would you be interested in kicking out a new firmware revision that added these?
- If not, could you offer any guidance on which files need to be changed, and any thing else about compiling and uploading that is important?
Thanks!
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Hi @ccs86, thanks for the feedback.
I created a release candidate with that include a third scale 0-200 steps. Please try to flash to your device and see if it works.
To flash, disconnect the usb connector, press and hold the button at the back (through the hole) and connect to your computer. This should add a new disk drive to your computer. Download and copy APPLICATION.uf2 from the link below to that disk, wait a second or two until it completes and you are doen.
https://github.com/zapta/simple_stepper_motor_analyzer/blob/main/temp/APPLICATION.uf2
If it will work, I will make it an official release.
As for the time scale, how important is it to have it faster (e.g. 5 secs)? This change is slightly more involved if different Y scales need different time scale but doable.
EDIT: this is how the scale definitions looks now. If you have change suggestion for the other two scales please let me know.
