[leprosylv]

Hi, I bought a Breakout board and stepper drivers to change my 3 axis TB6560, but I don't find the connection schema

My breakout board

Attachment 182998

And drivers ...

Attachment 183000

Thanks a lot

[CoAMarcus]

leprosylv,

The only pins that the breeakout board will connect to on this motor control will be the Step, Direction, and the two COMMON pins (S- and D-). The motor will connect to the drive itself as will the power supply. It looks like the breakout board is wired to have the right side of the board (in the picture) be used for the control outputs. You will assign these manually in the software you are using to act as your Step and Direction outputs.

Did this breakout board come with an XML file that automatically assigns the DB25 pins? If so, they will be labeled as "X- Axis Step", "Y-Axis Direction", etc.

Marcus Freimanis

[leprosylv]

I don't understand your answer

[CoAMarcus]

You will want to use the top part of that diagram they provided (the one that says 1"is defined and parallel control:"). Run a wire from P2 to STEP+ on your driver and a wire from P14 to DIRECTION+ on your driver. The STEP - and DIRECTION - will connect to the GND pin right next to P14.

After this is connected you can declare the pins in your software as your X-axis step and direction outputs. All you need to do then is connect the motor and power supply to your drive and it should run just fine.

[leprosylv]

If I understand, I don't need a breakout board ?

Attachment 183752

Thanks

[CoAMarcus]

Technically you would not need a breakout board but it makes life MUCH easier. I am not sure what the acceptable logic inputs for that drive are but a parallel port will only output 3.3V logic; if your drive cannot accept that then you will need a breakout board to buffer the signal. We always recommend them with our drives because a breakout board serves a twofold purpose: Signal buffering and computer isolation. If your drive goes out it could potentially take out part of your computer as well as there is a decent amount of power being dissipated in a motor control failure.