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A4988

The A4988 is a microstepping driver for controlling bipolar stepper motors which has built-in translator for easy operation. This means that we can control the stepper motor with just 2 pins from our controller, or one for controlling the rotation direction and the other for controlling the steps.

Fix Belt CNC Plotter

“Today, I’d like to share how to build a fixed belt CNC plotterthat has a very different construction from the others, in that both axes XY are made from fixed timing belts and their stepper motors are hidden inside …

How to Make a DIY CNC Laser Engraver at Home

“Hi, In this project I will show you how to Make a DIY CNC Laser Engraver, Are you a fan of engraving? Yes most of us are, How cool is it to have a picture of something on your favorite …

Single Arm SCARA Plotter - With “HOMING”

“About 3 years ago, I made my own a simple robot arm and published it at: https://www.instructables.com/DIY-SINGLE-ARM-SCARA-ROBOT/. Until now, many people, especially students continued to ask me questions about how to “HOMING …

3D Scanning with ESP-32 CAM & Line Laser (Arduino / C++)

“3D Scanning using Structured Light (Slit Scanning) With ESP32 CAM, Line Lazer, coded with Arduino, which communicates to Client Application. Structured Light “Slit” Scanner using ESP32-CAM with IoT capabilites. - Scans an Object with a Line Lazer, by rotating it …

How to Motorize a Camera Slider (Battery Powered)

“When making videos with a tripod fluid head, there aren’t that many movements you can do. You’ve got tilt and pan - so basically either a vertical movement or a horizontal movement. Both of these have one common characteristic …

DIY Homework Writing Machine

“In this Instructable, I’ll show you how to create a completely functional 3D-printed writing machine for your science fair project at school or college. This project was created as part of my second-year engineering project at Gujarat’s Chandubhai …

DIY Smart Home Upgrade: Turn Your IKEA Curtains Into Smart Blinds

“With being active in home automation for the last 5 years, Ive by now (like most of you) automated all my lights and put temperature and humidity sensors on more places than strictly necessary. So, it only logical next step …

Ping Pong Ball Collector Robot

“Practicing sports is fun and good for your physical and mental health. However, there are drawbacks while practicing a sport, take for example table tennis also known as ping pong. It is one of the most popular sports in China …

4AxisFoamCutter

“Arduino based CNC foam cutter with display and SD-Card. Ruby Script for SketchUp Make 2017 to generate gcode. Swift base post processing My goal was to build a foam based semi scale glider. So a lot of segments and …

Cnc pen plotter

“Gcode Controlled Drawing Plotter with Arduino I want to do a pen plotter. There are many plotter systems. I am doing it, the system that uses the belt. GRBL and Arduino CNC Machine Working Principle Overview The main parts I …