3Axis TB6560 Stepper Motor Driver Board Users Instruction

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Key Features:
2 Phase bipolar with pulse modulating technology Micro step setting with full, , 1/8, 1/16 resolution Can be used with 4, 6 or 8 lead motors Adjustable current output at 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% Onboard input signal connector for easy limit/home switch setup

The board requires two power sources in order to operate properly. One is the power to drive motors, and another is for the digital signal processing. The motor power requires 12-24V DC, and the processing power requires 7-9VDC.

Power Suppliers and Motor Connection:

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As shown in Figure 2, this board needs two separate power supply to function properly. The processing power needs to be at least 7 volt and less than 9 V. This power is used for digital signal process. Another power, which can be between 12V and 24V, is used to actually drive the motor. The reason of using two separate power supply is to eliminate the interference and give more stable performance. The stepper motors come with our package are all 4 leads 2 phase stepper motors. You need to identify the leads before making the connection. You will need a multi meter for this purpose. A+ and A- and connected to each other, and the same for B+ and B-. Which ones are A or B are not important.

Micro Step and Torque Setup:

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There are on board DIP switches to control the micro step resolution and max torque. There are three separate groups of switches for X, Y and Z axis. S11 and S12 are for X axis. S21 and S22 are for Y axis. S31 and S32 are for Z axis. S11(1) S21(1) S31(1) OFF OFF ON ON S11(2) S21(2) S31(2) OFF ON OFF ON Micro Resolution 1 2 16 8 S11(3) S21(3) S31(3) OFF OFF ON ON S11(4) S11(4) S31(4) OFF ON OFF ON Current Decay

0% 25% 50% 100%

S12(1) S22(1) S32(1) OFF ON OFF ON

S12(2) S22(2) S32(2) OFF OFF ON ON

Torque

100% 75% 50% 20%

Limit/Home and Emergency Stop Setup:

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Those terminals are for the signal inputs. Those inputs are used to tell the computer that the machine has reached certain position, either to let the machine set the current position as home or tell the machine that that limit has been reached for one of the axises and need to stop. The diagram below is one typical use of those connectors. For limit switches, you need to two of them for each axis, one tells the minimum location and one tells the maximum location. You dont want to let the machine run beyond those points.

You can use one proximity sensor for the home of each axis. General speaking, the proximity sensor is more accurate than regular snap limit switches. It has a good repeatability that when you set the home, the machine will return to the exactly same location everytime.

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Mach3 Motor Outputs Configuration:

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Figure6 shows you the Mach3 Motor Outputs configuration.

Mach3 Input Singals Configuration:

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Figure 7and Figure 8 shows you how limit/home and emergency stop get setup in Mach3 Input Signals. As you can see, we are using pin 10 for all limits of X, Y and Z, and also Estop. We are using the input signal from Pin10 to stop the machine when limit is reached or stop button get pushed. We are using P2-P4 three input signal to setup the home for X, Y and Z.

Mach3 Output Signals Configuration:

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We need to enable those pins to give the power to motors (Enable).