Arduino, Nodemcu and TB6560 dilemma

[sed003]

Hi

I have a bunch of arduino nano's, bunch of nodemcu v1.0, bunch of ESP01s and a few tb6560. All great components except I can't find the combination that will fit together for my project.

I am creating a curtain opener using 3A motors and hence the tb6560. I can get it to work with 5V arduino nano with no problems, except that I need wifi to control it from my phone. The nodemcu is a great device that I love using with my other projects, but it is 3V3. I tried using the ESP01 to add wireless functionality to my nano, but I have lots of issues compiling the code. I searched for the error that I am getting and all I found is people being discouraged from using the ESP01. I was going to use it with AT commands (which I used to do before the nodemcu), but the code will become very messy especially when I try to use it as a server.

What should I do? I'd really like to use what I have rather than having to buy new components. Can I get the nodemcu to work with tb6560? Would a voltage level converter work?

To me not finding any articles about this combination is kind of an indication that it may not work, after all all those components are popular.

I also thought of combining both boards, but I feel it's a waste because both are very powerful boards on their own with a lot of GPIOs between them.

[Wawa]

I see that there are many different TB6560 boards.
And that most of them use opto isolation isolation on the input.
Opto current for 5volt logic is set by a fixed (330 ohm) resistor on the board I looked at,
and the datasheet shows a table how to add different resistor values for 12volt logic and 24volt logic.
The added resistor for 24volt logic calculates to a LED current of ~7.5mA.
Opto LED current with the standard onboard CL resistor, and driven by 3.3volt logic, calculates to ~6.3mA.
Not much difference.
I would try to drive the module from 3.3volt logic (the NodeMCU directly).
Post a link to the board you have to make sure.
Leo..

[sed003]

Please see below. I love that board. It drives the motor with no heat at all.

https://www.mpja.com/download/31306ms.pdf

http://qqtrading.com.my/stepper-motor-driver-single-axis-3amp-tb6560

[Wawa]

The opto diagram in the attached .pdf looks exactly like others I've seen.
Leo..

[sed003]

Thanks. I figured it out. The problem was when switching between Arduinos and nodemcu I always forget to put a D in front of the pin and I keep going for days trying to figure out why the voltage doesn't change when I set the output to high. Anyway, all good now. Thanks for your help.

[sed003]

I'd like to do some conditional compilation, but not sure how to find the code for nodemcu. So far nano and nodemcu are my favorite boards. I need something like what is below.

https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/21137/arduino-how-to-get-the-board-type-in-code

The sketch below produces inaccurate results.

https://github.com/backupbrain/ArduinoBoardManager