Greetings everyone ,
I am looking to start my first arduino project. I have the arduino uno r3 kit and the tb6600 driver. I am looking to make the stepper motor from my kit go forward and in reverse using two buttons. I am having a hard time youtubing everything and just need help with connecting everything, i will do the coding later. I have the two buttons and two 10k resistors just lost in the sauce with connecting everything to the arduino and tb6600. Thanks in advance for helping :).
There are tons of examples online that show how to wire up a button and read it. Same with stepper motors. Which one are you followimg and what issue are you having?
Might be an idea to get familiar with something called Wokwi - build your 'hardware' there, NO SMOKE! Get your feet wet with code, figure out what's going on, NO SMOKE! If you need help, there's group help on Discord, or you can come back here and tell us about the problems you're having.
And, despite the way it's worded, it does Uno, Nano, and Mega just as well!
Search more.
YouTube videos come in all qualities and saints' patience is tested scrubbing and watching fast trying to find information that yet might be out of date or just plain bogus. Even when you know what you don't know.
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This is very helpful; I will try this out. Thanks for your time .
I will try the ladder from this post and see if i can get this thing working. Yes, your correct but, I'm so new I don't understand where to stick it on the bread board like if i stick it anywhere will it still connect to the Arduino and etc. everyday, I'm researching for atleast 4 to 8hrs on this stuff and I'm learning but, just need an extra helping hand to from experts. I'm a week in so bear with me hahaha.
I use virtual studios, android studios and other coding platforms i never heard of this ?? is it like flutter as in if i create something itl be in simple form and actually show me if it works or not in real time like how android studio as a android emulator?
I been scrubbing for a week straight and its confusing to see all the different set ups they show me. I bought other hardware to make sure i find the best set up but, the tb6600 and the Arduino is the one i see most common hence why il try this set up first. But trust me when i say im scrubbing deeply lol printing out layouts, this forum is my source for experience i don't have. I got my Arduino kit small stepper motor to move by scrubbing YouTube but, want something more straight forward and understandable using my set up.
Well, I should've mentioned this in the post, I am urgently trying to build this thing by December 6th. So, please follow my journey because I'm smart enough to understand just not smart enough to know what I'm actually doing and for what if that makes sense. Sorta like I know how to drive tip tronic but, can't drive a stick shift and this is a real life example lol.
Oh, you're in trouble if you're this lost with that little time.
Start here and figure out how to use a button. It is all here.
https://docs.arduino.cc/built-in-examples/digital/Button/
If you have questions make them a little better than "I don't get it" or "I'm not smart enough". Those sou d like you're fishing for someone to do it for you and that's probably not going to happen.
Try this page too:
https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/stepper-motors/
Note that I fou d these by googling "Arduino Button" and "Arduino stepper". That is something you can probably do yourself.
Take some time to read and understand these and maybe try some of the examples. In a few days you'll be in a much better place to finish your project on time.
There is code in this Tutorial post by Robin2 about how to use two buttons for ccw and cw rotation of a stepper motor using a step/dir driver like you have with the tb6600.
I understand your point of view , im not entirely lost like I made the stepper motor in my beginners kit move . I will write my questions more structured because I want to make this a skill so, I want to learn and all of the links and answers are helping big time!
That’s my main issue and reading all of the information , I’m currently reading about the stepper motors and what is required to make them run , then my next read will be buttons and other components .
I will take a look at this thanks !
Thanks again for all the replies and insights , so far this forum is helping tremendously on my project … the amount of projects I can make with these skills alone will be a dream for me I always wanted to learn the Arduino skill sets so , thank you all for the assistance
And no I don’t want anyone to complete this for me I am here for the experience and wisdom I don’t have , sorta like mentee to a mentor .
What is the issue? If there is something you don't understand then ask a question about it.
Greetings everyone ,
I had to put the project on a short pause last week ( holidays , missing tools ) now that I got everything i needed I got the nema 17 to spin !!!
Now , my next challenge is to figure out how to make it spin CCW and CW with the push of a button with a faster speed . Any insight on this please let me know until then il keep chipping away at google and YouTube … thanks again 
I will share the code I used tomorrow
You really should start from the beginning.