Connection of step- step+ dir- dir+ + on arduino uno to external stepdrive??

I
am planning to build a cnc router, i have mirostepping drives & motors nema 34 of parker compumotor, needing a step+, step-, dir-,dir+, enable-, enable+ on 5 volts ttl level input , and powered from 110v external power supply. How does you connect this to a grbl with arduino uno, or a tinyg cnc controller. Controlling x & y axis with ballscrews

2 i will need to procure also a z axis + router. + vacuum system
Can you plse inform me

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Michelherman52@gmail.com

P.s.
Links to microstepping drives see step / dir input details discussed
S drive
http://www.parkermotion.com/manuals/s-sx/s/S_chp3_h.pdf.
Page 26 step and dir input

M drive

Page 7, 17

A drive

Page 19

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Re: CNC project help

by adafruit_support_mike on Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:45 am
That's outside our range of experience.

You might want to check with someone like http://pololu.com/ who specialize in robotics. They're more familiar with high-power motors than we are.

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Re: CNC project help

by Michelherman52 on Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:03 pm
Can you not inform me of the pinout of your tinygcodecnc & or motorshiel 3 axis, where/ how i can & may connect the step+ & step-, dir- & dir+ on 5v ttl level. Any positive answer would oblige.
Regards
Michel

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Re: CNC project help

by adafruit_support_mike on Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:40 pm
Our tutorial showing how to work with the Motor Shield is here: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-mot ... or-arduino

The TinyG controller is made by Syntheos, and their wiki is here: Home · synthetos/TinyG Wiki · GitHub

I don't know anything about the motors linked above, but they seem to have control modules built into them. If that's true, you wouldn't need the drive power from either a Motor Shield or the TinyG to run them.. only control signals from a microcontroller.

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Re: CNC project help

by Michelherman52 on Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:07 am
The drives,I mentionned, need an step- ,step+, a dir-, a dir+,ena- , ena+ input coming from the arduino uno , or tinygcnc, through or not through a motor shield. This on a 5volts ttl input voltage.
I see on what i have read that all motor shields have included low power stepperdrives, with the power output direct to the windings of direct connect stepping motor drives.(i see only 1 step 1 dir , 1 ena input per axis without sign -/ or + sign coming from the arduino uno , or tinygcnc,
I do need only to know if i can obtain a step- ,step+, a dir-, a dir+,ena- , ena+ input coming from the arduino uno , or tinygcnc, or other cheaper cnc controller. How ,and through what connection can i obtain a bidirectional +- input on 5 volts ttl level from the control into my microstepping drives (the power of the drives is coming from 110v socket).
Some positive help is appreciated. I am wondering how it is soo dificult to pick up the signals (only 1 step, 1dir, 1ena, whitout sign you are using into your shields or tinygcnc to drive steppingmotor drives connected onto your motor shields.

I
am planning to build a cnc router, i have mirostepping drives & motors nema 34 of parker compumotor, needing a step+, step-, dir-,dir+, enable-, enable+ on 5 volts ttl level input , and powered from 110v external power supply. How does you connect this to a grbl with arduino uno, or a tinyg cnc controller. Controlling x & y axis with ballscrews

2 i will need to procure also a z axis + router. + vacuum system
Can you plse inform me

Regards
Michelherman52@gmail.com

P.s.
Links to microstepping drives see step / dir input details discussed
S drive
http://www.parkermotion.com/manuals/s-sx/s/S_chp3_h.pdf.
Page 26 step and dir input

M drive

Page 7, 17

A drive

Page 19

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Re: CNC project help

by adafruit_support_mike on Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:45 am
That's outside our range of experience.

You might want to check with someone like http://pololu.com/ who specialize in robotics. They're more familiar with high-power motors than we are.

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Re: CNC project help

by Michelherman52 on Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:03 pm
Can you not inform me of the pinout of your tinygcodecnc & or motorshiel 3 axis, where/ how i can & may connect the step+ & step-, dir- & dir+ on 5v ttl level. Any positive answer would oblige.
Regards
Michel

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Re: CNC project help

by adafruit_support_mike on Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:40 pm
Our tutorial showing how to work with the Motor Shield is here: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-mot ... or-arduino

The TinyG controller is made by Syntheos, and their wiki is here: Home · synthetos/TinyG Wiki · GitHub

I don't know anything about the motors linked above, but they seem to have control modules built into them. If that's true, you wouldn't need the drive power from either a Motor Shield or the TinyG to run them.. only control signals from a microcontroller.

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Re: CNC project help

by Michelherman52 on Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:07 am
The drives,I mentionned, need an step- ,step+, a dir-, a dir+,ena- , ena+ input coming from the arduino uno , or tinygcnc, through or not through a motor shield. This on a 5volts ttl input voltage.
I see on what i have read that all motor shields have included low power stepperdrives, with the power output direct to the windings of direct connect stepping motor drives.(i see only 1 step 1 dir , 1 ena input per axis without sign -/ or + sign coming from the arduino uno , or tinygcnc,
I do need only to know if i can obtain a step- ,step+, a dir-, a dir+,ena- , ena+ input coming from the arduino uno , or tinygcnc, or other cheaper cnc controller. How ,and through what connection can i obtain a bidirectional +- input on 5 volts ttl level from the control into my microstepping drives (the power of the drives is coming from 110v socket).
Some positive help is appreciated. I am wondering how it is soo dificult to pick up the signals (only 1 step, 1dir, 1ena, whitout sign you are using into your shields or tinygcnc to drive steppingmotor drives connected onto your motor shields.

The Step/Direction/Enable inputs are opto-isolators. You can either connect the - side to Arduino Ground and the + side to an Arduino output pin or connect the + side to Arduino +5V and the - side to an Arduino output pin. The documentation for the software you want to use will tell you what Arduino pins to use or how to select the Arduino pins it uses.

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