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Big Easy Driver

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Big Easy Driver - SparkFun - ROB-12859
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Stepper motor driver board based on the Allegro A4988, supporting bipolar stepper motors up to 2 A per phase. Accepts step/direction control signals and provides microstepping up to 1/16 step.

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Pinout

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
BIG EASY DRIVERSTEPGNDDIRAENABLEBM+
  • STEPlogic?

    step pulse input

    Type · Signal
  • DIRlogic?

    direction input

    Type · Signal
  • ENABLElogic?

    enable input

    Type · Signal
  • M+power?

    motor supply positive

    Type · Power
  • GNDpower?

    ground

    Type · Ground
  • Amotor?

    coil A output

    Type · Unknown
  • Bmotor?

    coil B output

    Type · Unknown
PinPositionTypeFunction
STEPlogic?Signalstep pulse input
DIRlogic?Signaldirection input
ENABLElogic?Signalenable input
M+power?Powermotor supply positive
GNDpower?Groundground
Amotor?Unknowncoil A output
Bmotor?Unknowncoil B output
Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
BIG EASY DRIVERSTEPGNDDIRAENABLEBM+

Pin details

7 connections
  1. STEP

    step pulse input

    Signal
    logic?
  2. DIR

    direction input

    Signal
    logic?
  3. ENABLE

    enable input

    Signal
    logic?
  4. M+

    motor supply positive

    Power
    power?
  5. GND

    ground

    Ground
    power?
  6. A

    coil A output

    Unknown
    motor?
  7. B

    coil B output

    Unknown
    motor?

Start wiring

PWM · I2C · UART · Wide input · Breakout

Verify supply voltage and logic levels before powering up.

Module pins: M+, GND, STEP, DIR, ENABLE. Schematik maps them to your board in the app.

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