Fritz Rodriguez

I am curious if anyone has successfully used Maxuino to run multiple steppers through their corresponding drivers.

I am currently working on a project that needs to be able to control 3 steppers at the same time. It is my understanding that I should be able to run two but have not made progress in doing this. Will I need to try including a second Arduino? I have seen another thread discussing using 20 steppers but didn't get the sense that there was resolution to the issue. Help would be greatly appreciated.

You all are great and I love this Community.

I am curious if anyone has successfully used Maxuino to run multiple steppers through their corresponding drivers. 

I am currently working on a project that needs to be able to control 3 steppers at the same time. It is my understanding that I should be able to run two but have not made progress in doing this. Will I need to try including a second Arduino? I have seen another thread discussing using 20 steppers but didn't get the sense that there was resolution to the issue. Help would be greatly appreciated. 

Cheers,
Fritz Rodriguez
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You can stack Adafruit motor shields and control a whole lot of steppers. You can then interface Max and the Arduino any way you want. Good luck!

I would be curious to hear some of the ways you are talking about communicating with the drivers. I am struggling running 3 using Maxuino but are you possibly talking about using Max2Arduino? Also, I should have clarified but I am using larger drivers along with high torque motors that use two digital pins to control direction and step. (very similar to the easydriver configuration but with more beef)

The AdaFruit motor shield can handle 1.2A per bridge (3A peak) with thermal shutdown protection, internal kickback protection diodes. Can run motors on 4.5VDC to 13.5VDC. So if your motors require more current than that, you will need another solution. I've never used Max2Arduino. I simply talk to my Arduino via [serial] and make sure I program the Arduino to make sense out of what it reads from the serial port. Good luck!

Using Maxuino with Multiple Stepper Motors