Ok, so I have had some time to get back to this after leaving off last with success using the seed studio motor shield v1.2 to drive all of my different steppers(I have 4 of them all from old printers), but now I am moving back to the easydriver to continue the proof of concept using it to control the steppers, but I am still having NO luck!!!
I fear that my problem may be that the steppers I have all need more than 750ma to operate therefor the easydriver will not work?
When I was using the motor shield the L298 would get crazy hot very quickly and start to shut down and malfunction. I am not really good with a multimeter but I tried measuring the amperage at the 4 motor connections and with a 12v power supply I was getting what seemed to be peaks of 2+ amps, but again I was not really sure what I should be measuring, i.e. where to put the +probe and where to put the -probe.
When I am trying to use the easydriver the main chip seems to get CRAZY hot very quickly when I run 12v and I don't seem to be getting any fluctuations in the amperage to the motor wires, but again I may be reading it or measuring it incorrectly....
Can anyone give me any help in trying to trouble shoot my easydriver setup and stepper motors to see why I am getting NO movement?