Motor drivers for antenna rotator


            

I made some progress on my antenna rotator project and installed the stepper drivers and the Raspberry Pi computer. I bought two drivers from ardushop.ro and these should work just fine. They are based on Toshiba TB6560AHQ, PWM Chopper-Type Bipolar Driver IC for Stepping Motor Control. The datasheet can be downloaded from here.

My projects looks like this (wiring needs to be completed):

These days I will proceed with the preliminary stepper tests, to evaluate how these drivers work.

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