Re: [Emc-users] Any experience with Leadshine DM series stepper driver

2017-05-22 Thread Chris Albertson
I wonder if the AM series is not an older product line. It is not offered on the Leadshine website except if you hunt for PDF documents. Copyright on the AM series docs is 2010. Looked up closed loop offerings. (called "Easy Servo") Yes very nice but for a 3.0Nm system (one motor and one

Re: [Emc-users] Any experience with Leadshine DM series stepper driver

2017-05-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 May 2017 at 20:20, wrote: > Bottom line, for the AM882 at least, yes, "super nice", "worth it at any > price", "would never go back". That sounds like a ringing endorsement, but it might also be worth looking at the fully-closed-loop stepper systems from the same

Re: [Emc-users] Any experience with Leadshine DM series stepper driver

2017-05-22 Thread dannym
Best thing is the digitally software-programmed ones. You program in the exact current, microstepping, whether it uses the Enable line, whether it enabled the automatic stall detection... And you can hit "auto-tune" on the motor, it takes over for a second and stimulates the motor and gets

Re: [Emc-users] Any experience with Leadshine DM series stepper driver

2017-05-22 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Mon, 2017-05-22 at 11:53 -0700, Chris Albertson wrote: > Has anyone used the Leadshine digital stepper drivers? Do they > really provide "smoother operation with less heat"? > > I need to buy a stepper motor controller and notice that Leadshine > offers three series of drivers. The most

[Emc-users] Any experience with Leadshine DM series stepper driver

2017-05-22 Thread Chris Albertson
Has anyone used the Leadshine digital stepper drivers? Do they really provide "smoother operation with less heat"? I need to buy a stepper motor controller and notice that Leadshine offers three series of drivers. The most common cheap driver for a 4 amp motor is the M542. But there is also