Automatic Dough Shaper - Blog #5 Motor Control

RE: Automatic Dough Shaper - Blog #5 Motor Control

genebren — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:58:32 GMT

I learn so much more from my mistakes than from my accomplishment. So I would guess, if you are anything like me, you learn a lot as a result of this experiment. Don't ever let your mistakes keep you from trying new and difficult things!

Good job and keep trying!

Gene

RE: Automatic Dough Shaper - Blog #5 Motor Control

beacon_dave — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:05:51 GMT

Ouch !

Perhaps Ben Heck Show episode 249 may be of interest ?

Episode 249: Ben Heck's Magic Smoke Preventor Episode

On a positive note, at least microcontrollers are relatively cheap items to replace these days.

You should be able to test the A4988 driver board in isolation - just manually pulse the input rather than driving it from a microcontroller.

RE: Automatic Dough Shaper - Blog #5 Motor Control

mcb1 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:46:47 GMT

OOps!.

That sudden feeling of Duuh.

They say we learn from our mistakes and I'm betting that you won't make that one again. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-4def3819-d338-40a2-ad51-4fffe76ed67f/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

Mark

RE: Automatic Dough Shaper - Blog #5 Motor Control

dougw — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 02:43:20 GMT

I know that smell - It is such a sinking feeling. Full kudos for blogging about it though - it can be really tough to publish problems.

Those depressing moments are not only a great teacher, they also make successes that much sweeter.