{"id":12438,"date":"2015-04-22T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12438"},"modified":"2015-04-22T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:13:06","slug":"powerful-stepper-motor-board-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12438","title":{"rendered":"Powerful stepper motor board for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/144859729\/slushengine-stepper-motor-driver\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ksr-ugc.imgix.net\/assets\/003\/628\/551\/9e7ef9db7c1da0139bead92cae3eeee1_original.JPG?resize=560%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guys at Canadian company\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/roboteurs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roboteurs<\/a>\u00a0are currently running a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/144859729\/slushengine-stepper-motor-driver\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> to fund their new stepper motor driver board &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/144859729\/slushengine-stepper-motor-driver\" target=\"_blank\">the SlushEngine<\/a>. It looks like a stunning piece of kit and has the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controls up to 4 bi-polar stepper motors<\/li>\n<li>Max 7A \/ motor<\/li>\n<li>9-35 V DC operating range<\/li>\n<li>1-128 microstepping capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Integrated motion engine in stepper driver<\/li>\n<li>4 limit switch inputs<\/li>\n<li>4 general purpose industrial inputs<\/li>\n<li>4 general purpose industrial outputs (3A \/ 24V)<\/li>\n<li>8 additional logic level I\/O<\/li>\n<li>Thermistor temperature sensing<\/li>\n<li>UEXT expansion connector<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi fused power source<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s compatible with\u00a0the B+, Pi 2 and A+ and looks like it could be a lot of fun to use, especially for projects where you absolutely, positively have to use powerful stepper motors &#8211; 7A per motor will certainly go a long way! The board comes with a simple-to-use Python library which lets you start up a motor with just three lines of Python. It&#8217;s great to see a company\u00a0get the software right in addition to the hardware. It will also be completely open source, which is good to see.<\/p>\n<p>The board is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/144859729\/slushengine-stepper-motor-driver\" target=\"_blank\">available to Earlybirds<\/a> at $190 (Canadian Dollars) plus delivery, which works out at approximately \u00a3125 delivered. It&#8217;s quite expensive, but for those of you who have a specific application it could well be the board you&#8217;ve been looking for. Large power-hungry projects will certainly benefit from the engineering on display here. There&#8217;s also an $80 (\u00a367-ish delivered) version to\u00a0drive one stepper motor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/144859729\/slushengine-stepper-motor-driver\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at the Kickstarter here\u00a0if you&#8217;d like to find out more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guys at Canadian company\u00a0Roboteurs\u00a0are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund their new stepper motor driver board &#8211; the SlushEngine. 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