Power Supply For Stepper Drivers
Power Supply For Stepper Drivers
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Hello, I need to power 4 stepper drivers [these: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1201 ] each with this [ http://www.probotix.com/specs/HT23-166-6.pdf ] motor attached. Ideally I would need each driver to receive a constant 24V at 2A. Now I think if I wire these drivers in parallel I can use a 24V DC power supply but I do not know what the current output of that power supply would need to be. Any help is appreciated, thanks.






RE: Power Supply For Stepper Drivers
Leave room in your design to add a bulk capacitor if one ends up being needed. (usually not)
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Power Supply For Stepper Drivers
so your maximum current (total) will be 5.6 Amps.
-i have assumed you are not half-stepping or micro-stepping.
-that is i have assumed that you will only ever have one of the windings of your stepper motor energised at any instant in time.
-i also assumed that you are doing it bipolar.
do i hear you ask if you can drive the stepper at greater current than this?
-well nobody ever likes to speek of such because the iron may saturate, etc etc.
your driver shoul dhave a current limit feature.