Hi all,
This is a quick question that I can't seem to find the answer of on the wiki as I'm having a bit of difficulty finding out the max current stepper motors that can I could safely run on a RAMPS 1.4 board.
All I seem to be able to find is that "It's fine with NEMA 17, but not 23's". But I've found Nema 17s with current rating's all the way from 0.4a up to 2a :S
I happen to have some of these already, that I'd like to be able to use if possible : Hictop 1.5a Steppers
Could someone more knowledgeable than me please let me know if these steppers would be ok with the ramps board and some A4988 (I'm guessing the ones I have are the Chinese knockoffs).
I'm planning on having a dual Z setup + 1 X + 1 Y + 1 extruder (5 in total)
I think I heard that the max current was 5A through the board, and I'm wondering if 5 of these motors are likely to draw that in one go.
Many thanks
Jack
This is a quick question that I can't seem to find the answer of on the wiki as I'm having a bit of difficulty finding out the max current stepper motors that can I could safely run on a RAMPS 1.4 board.
All I seem to be able to find is that "It's fine with NEMA 17, but not 23's". But I've found Nema 17s with current rating's all the way from 0.4a up to 2a :S
I happen to have some of these already, that I'd like to be able to use if possible : Hictop 1.5a Steppers
Could someone more knowledgeable than me please let me know if these steppers would be ok with the ramps board and some A4988 (I'm guessing the ones I have are the Chinese knockoffs).
I'm planning on having a dual Z setup + 1 X + 1 Y + 1 extruder (5 in total)
I think I heard that the max current was 5A through the board, and I'm wondering if 5 of these motors are likely to draw that in one go.
Many thanks
Jack