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Stepper driver for titan aero extruder

Posted by Gaz83

Gaz83

Stepper driver for titan aero extruder
July 15, 2018 08:38AM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 25

So I just add the titan aero to my printer. I am using TMC2100 as the driver and went to test it out. All I got was the sound of a loud vibrating motor.
Then I realised I hadn't adjusted the vref. Looked at the motor spec and noticed it is 1.68A phase and the TMC2100 only goes to 1.2A

Is the DRV8825 the way to go with that kind of motor?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2018 09:17AM by Gaz83.

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the_digital_dentist

Re: Stepper driver for titan aero extruder
July 15, 2018 09:01AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 5,780

DRV8825 is known to skip usteps at low speeds which creates weird artifacts in curved, printed surfaces. If you switch to DRV8825, get some diodes... do a search- this topic has come up a thousand times.

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Gaz83

Re: Stepper driver for titan aero extruder
July 15, 2018 09:18AM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 25

Ok I will look into that. Is there an alternative to the DRV8825

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Gaz83

Re: Stepper driver for titan aero extruder
July 17, 2018 07:54AM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 25

Installed the DRV8825, problem now is that the motor tries to turn (I see a twitch) and then stops. Not motor vibration like before.

I set the vref to 0.672 at first which was at 80%. I then upped the voltage to 0.9 which is 1.8A, more than what it needs. Still the same issue.

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Gaz83

Re: Stepper driver for titan aero extruder
July 17, 2018 05:22PM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 25

Ignore me, seems the motor is wired differently. Rotated it 180 and now it works