I am building a low cost 4 axis hot wire foam CNC. Want to avoid using Mach3 due to the cost. Instead would like to use Ardunio and Pololu stepper drives ( like they use on 3d printers )
My motors would be Nema17 so the Pololu should be OK . I think the stepper drives+ arduino costs like $40 when the stepper drives and mach3 + software would be $100 plus.
Any ideas to what firmware i should be using ?
Thanks for all your help. I did try scouting all over the net but couldn't find anything !
Thanks