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BEE Board and Stepper Motor

This article shows on how to drive up to three unipolar stepper motor using a BEE Board and the DAISY-2 stepper motor controller.

The BEE Board can simultaneously drive up to 3 motors to manages, for example, 3 axis mechanical.

Dip Switch S1 Configuration

Configuration 'A'

PinS1 Switch
1 OFF
2 OFF
3 ON
4 OFF
5 ON
6 OFF
7 ON
8 OFF

Configuration 'B'

PinS1 Switch
1 OFF
2 OFF
3 OFF
4 ON
5 OFF
6 ON
7 OFF
8 ON

For more information about DIP Switch configuration visit this page

Raw Mode

In this Example my Daisy2 was wired on W3 with 'A' configuration

RawMotor.pde

Library to manage Daisy2 with BEE Board

This library is a simple way to drive the motor with no PWM. You can connect up to 2 stepper motors to W3 (Configuration 'A' and 'B') and one stepper motor to W4 (configuration 'A').

  • Download and Install it by following this guide.
  • Plug Ribbon Cable on Wings W3 or W4.
  • open IDE and iclude Library.

Plug one Daisy2 to W3 with configuration 'A'

OneMotor.pde

Plug two Daisy2 to W3 with configuration 'A' and 'B'

TwoMotor.pde

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