controlling (multiple) closed loop steppers
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Hi,
Is it possible to control closed loop steppers with the 6HC, 6XD or the 3HC expansion board, or is this only possible with the 1HCL expansion board?
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@fcwilt Problem: I have a delta build which will use the 6XD and 3 servos for the arms and i need at least 1 normal stepper and 1 to 2 steppers with an encoder connected to my extruder, and as far as i can see in the documentation the 6XD doesn't support normal steppers and only the 1HCL supports the encoding signal. I would prefer to have one expansion card which supports multiple standard and encoded steppers instead of 1 tool board 1LC and 2 1HCL boards. thats why i was wondering if the 3HC board could deliver this
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You can easily have one 6HC and one 6XD in a system. More than two 6xx boards is a bit of work.
You can add 3HC, 1HCL, etc to the pair of 6xx boards.
Frederick
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@fcwilt Thanks, this solves my problem for the normal steppers and the servos, but not the use of encoders. At this moment i found only the 1HCL capable of using a stepper with encoder, or is there also a way to get this functionality with one of the other boards?
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You can get a controller with encoder equipped stepper and drive the controller with the 6XD.
Frederick
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@fcwilt Thanks, that answers all my questions. I will indeed go that route: the 6XD for all servos and closed loop steppers. and if i have a normal stepper i can always choose to use the 3HC addon or the tool card or an extra external driver. Solved.
