Probotix equipment
40VDC 10Amp Linear Power Supply
PBX-RF RF Isolated CNC Breakout Board
3 -   Uni-polar Stepper Motor Chopper Drivers
3 -   280 OzIn 8-Wire Stepper Motor

I have run this setup for over a year with no problems, so I thought I would 
create one
I have a used Pacific Scientific Powermax II stepper model P21NRXA-LNF-NS-00
I could not send the datasheet for the motor so I sent the link to it
http://www.electromate.com/db_support/downloads/Nema23PowermaxII.pdf
I added a 4th Uni-polar Stepper Motor Chopper Drivers
Wired motor and driver and they actually work

Issue 1
The motor gets VERY hot
I have run the other motors for a couple of hours and they got hot but the SI 
motor will burn your fingers after about 15 minutes
The manual for the Uni-polar Stepper Motor Chopper Drivers says to set the 
current limiter to .145 * target_current, 2.8 amps = .406
I reduced it to .38 and it still gets too hot

Issue 2
The motor is slow
The label says max 1500 rpm but I can only get a fraction of that
I use EMC 2.4.6
The driver is set to 1/8 stepping

[AXIS_3]
TYPE = ANGULAR
HOME = 0.0
MAX_VELOCITY = 360
MAX_ACCELERATION = 5000.0
STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 6250.0
SCALE = 4.44444444444
FERROR = 1
MIN_FERROR = .25
MIN_LIMIT = -9999.0
MAX_LIMIT = 9999.0
HOME_OFFSET = 0.0

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