TB6560 Microstepping Bipolar Chopper Stepper Motor Driver

Step 2: Board

This is the board layout I came up with. I wasn't planning on etching it, I only needed parts on a board. I print this out, tape it to a piece of board, drill it, put parts in, then solder them point to point. When I design stuff I keep in mind that I have to make it too so I try to design things I am capable of making. Making this is a little tricky but it can be done. It works too, and I know no one is going to rip my design off for commercial exploitation. Good luck making these in quantity! I made three and that was enough for me for a while.

Link to full sized file:
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2833/tb6560ahqacr.png

Pop Quiz: Can anyone see what label is wrong with this? Compare to this:

http://i.imgur.com/H2KVJ.jpg

At least I think that one is right now.

Comments

[eschoof]

Hi - I am interested in building a similar board for finally building a CNC router. Can you please upload the Eagle schematic file as well? The board file is a good start, but I'm having a hard time actually seeing how things are connected.

Thanks!

[pfred2]

You know one may have been an oversight but I thought I put something up? Also let me know if I have to put up the TB6560 library part or not. Sometimes the schematics embed them? All I know is I've opened some files with custom parts I've made on systems that didn't have the library file. I am hoping that is the case here. If you cannot access it I'll try to find mine and upload it as well.

It was probably harder for me to make than the schematic was. I could have sworn when I previewed this article they were there the other day?

[eschoof]

Indeed you did. It was on a later page and I missed it down at the bottom.

Thanks!

[pfred2]

Does it work for you? I've had problems opening up Eagle files other people have made, and other people have had problems opening Eagle files I've made as well. I think it is just something about Eagle versions being a little incompatible with each other though there may be other factors involved there as well.

I put a warning in my article about it and if that happens to you then you're just going to have to either get a version that can open my files or remake the stuff using my image files as a rough guide.

I can't get every version of Eagle and make files for them all. Well I guess I could but it'd make my article look pretty silly if I tried to attach them all to it.

[eschoof]

Yes, I was able to open both the schematic and board files. I'm using Eagle 5.11.0.

[pfred2]

That's great! Thanks for letting me know. Now I have to get going putting up my port buffer board. These motor drivers aren't too useful without something like it.