I am trying to make a circuit to run NEMA 17 stepper motors, I have both the TMC2209 and the A4988 motor drivers. I initially made a circuit using TMC2209, but the stepper speeds were really slow, I switched out the driver with the A4988 and the motor was way faster. The same power supply was being used and the code was also the same. Is there any way to achieve the same speed with TMC2209? (I tried adjusting the screw on the TMC2209, but it didn't make much of a difference)
The speed of a stepper depends on the code. Micro stepping or not, that will affect the stepper speed.
Post links to the datasheet of the TMC2209 and schematics how it was setup and connected.
Just randomly twiddling the pot that controls the stepper coil current is likely to lead to a dead driver or stepper and it has little to do with the speed of the stepper.
TheTMC2209 driver probably has microstepping enabled. That would make it rotate slower for the same steps per second as fed to an A4988.
Google "tmc2209 module tutorial" to find tutorials that will tell you how to set microstepping and properly adjust the coil current limit pot.
thanks! ill do this and post an update here!
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