Azteegx5 mini question

[TFMike]

Lookin to build a giant delta bot using the 626pilot auto calibration firmware and nema 23 motors. I went ahead and grabbed an azteeg x5 mini but now I am wondering if that can actually drive such large steppers. Anyone know?

[Mac The Knife]

With cooling, the driver specs claim 2.2 amp. without cooling, 1.5 amp. so it depends on your steppers. The nema 23 motors on my mill draw 2.8 amps per coil.

[TFMike]

so get new drivers or send it back? any suggestions on new drivers?

[Mac The Knife]

the drivers are soldered onto the board,,,,, I haven't looked at mine to see if you can tap into the step and direct signals to run an external drive. As for stepper drivers, I prefer Geckodrives.

[TFMike]

Whenever you get a chance to look at yours please get back to me, I may have to dial it back down to nema 17s after all.

EDIT: Was thinking about pairing it with these if it is possible: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shi ... 59171.html

[Mac The Knife]

Looking at the Azteeg X5, I don't see any readily available way to run an external drive, but looking at the literature for the smoothie board, they do. As for drives, I'd much rather this http://www.geckodrive.com/geckodrive-st ... /g540.html

[TFMike]

Is this what you were looking at? http://smoothieware.org/cnc-mill-guide

I may have to use my azteeg on a different printer and grab a smoothieboard then, oh well. If anyone on here has a smoothie they would like to get rid of please let me know, thanks.

[Mac The Knife]

I didn't go that far, but yep.

[TFMike]

So I checked out the documentation on the Cartesio v0.6 and it uses pololu steppers to drive its Nema 23s, does this mean I may be able to get by using the Azteeg on an upsized rostock max with a larger bed? This is the size of the bed I am going to go with: 16.73 inches / 425 mm aluminum disc from sandsmachine.com

EDIT: A followup question would be: Am I ok going with a nema 17 setup on a giant delta using 4 foot extrusions and the larger bed described above?