Easiest way to control a NEMA 17 stepper motor

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I need to control a NEMA 17 stepper motor (I’ve got a NEMA 17 Stepper Motor Model 17HS16-2004S).

I looked online quickly and decided to buy a ‘Easy Driver v4.4’ but now I’m wondering if that will actually work. It seems that that driver only works with max 750mA stepper motors, and I think that the NEMA 17 motor I have is 2A.

Also, I’m confused about voltage. From tutorials I’ve found it says I should supply 12v to the driver board, but the stepper motor seems to be 2.2v? I’m I right in thinking the board will use the correct voltage for the stepper.

I would like to control this by either a Raspberry Pi or Arduino. I only got the Easy Driver because it was cheap, I don’t have to use it.

Please could anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

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Hi Stuart,

The 12V is wired to Power in (6-30V) - +, this will power the stepper motor. The GND and +5V can be wired straight from your Arduino GND and 5V pins. This will power the stepper motor driver (black chip and circuitry).

Hope that makes sense.

Good luck!

Daniel

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Thanks Daniel! I got it working :smiley:

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