CNC Shield, Arduino UNO, DRV8825 - Tips for success! 

There I was with a can of worms and a can opener - fortunately, I watched your video first. Thanks so much!

I like your style. Fast straight forward directly to the point. This is my first foray into this kind of board and I consider myself fortunate to come across this video first

you went through trouble and you help others not to go through the same mistakes.... its a selfless good deed my friend... you are a big big person, wonderfully generous person... highly appreciated and highly respect ! thank you my friend. 🙏

Thank you so much for this video. The plan was to put everything together this weekend. This is going to save me a lot of frustration.

Great tips. You saved me some time reordering dead parts again. Thanks.

Oh man!, Where were you 3 machines ago?, Thank you for this video!, I hope is shared widely and help everyone having those issues

Thanks very much for this, you give the best tips about setting up the drivers that I have found, much appreciated.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. This is a must read, and as you said has saved me money, but more importantly, mental anguish.

his face shows the pain he went through throughout the video. Thanks fr the wise tutorial mate :D

Such a nice tips , we would love to see a complete working cnc with this setup , best of luck

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. great advice.

Thanks bro! A very informative content. Saved me lots of money, time and hair👍

Good to have thoses info. Helps a lot for first timers...

Im a 100% noob to Arduino's and this is video is one of the most useful that I've seen so far, definitely worth a subscribe and thumbs up. Thank you

solid tips- good job !

Very clear and useful video. Thanks !

Concise & to the point. i love it: Great video!

discovered the video just in time. Thank you! I hope it will work

Excellent work👍👍👍

So Helpful! Much appreciated!

Excellent and useful video. Thanks!

This was really helpful and clear, thank you!

Sage advice.... thank you on behalf of the community

Nice instruction there's a million videos on what to do out there but nobody tells you what not to do and assumes everyone knows. for a beginner like me I want to know what not to do before I even start so thank you.

Great video thanks. Solid tipfest going on here.

Exactly what i was looking for!! Thanks!

Need more vids like this! Thank you!

Great tips. Thanks

thank you so much, you've helped me out so much

Great video Thanks will certainly use these tips.

That was really helpful .thanks

I tried it my own... You can for sure adjust your current even if you don't have the stepper motor hooked up. You just connect your Arduino to usb (not ide interference needed. Just connect the usb to the board and your pc) then supply power. No need to match the maximum current of your motors... You can use any supply that matches your voltages needs. In my case my stepper motors using 12v and 6 amps supply... The drv8825 is set to limit the current at 1,2 amps. My motors can handle up to 1,3 amps. No smoke appeared. Im going to upload a video of my set up and my cnc after i finish my laser engraver project.

Super helpful! Thank you!

Great, so i'm going to plan my other machine for wood. Thanks

Very clear and precise tips........

thank you so much,it's so useful making videos like this till people don't make the sames mistakes

Thank you so much for making this easier to understand ;-)

thank you very much. Helped me a lot.

Nice job! Thank you!!!

Thank you, sooo helpful!

thank you very much for your advise!

Thanks. Good advices.

Thank you again!

Good video, thanks 👍🏼

Awesome!!, thank you very much!!

The warning from the driver manufaturer he showed isnt what he is talking about. The manufacturer said not to connect or disconnect a motor while the driver is powered. He is talking about just plugging the driver in without a motor. So it wasnt the plugging in the driver without a motor that destroyed his driver, it was when he plugged in the motor while the driver was powered.

WATCH OUT: in my case the tiny pot on the 8825 had to be turned all the way CCW in order for it to bottom out. First time I've powered on the board it was all the way clockwise, and the small dvd stepper I've had connected to it got insanely hot in about 5 seconds. It survived somehow, so hurray, but yeah, watch out y'all, measure the pot if you can Thank you for the tips BTW, helped me make the focken thing work finally

I fried 5 of my drv8825 before i watch this.. thanks for the video

Wish I would have watched this video before I set up my CNC Shield. I watched your build video for setting it up, but missed the critical part about not applying power unless a motor is attached to the shield. Needless to say, I blew not 1, but 3 of 4 capacitors in about 5 seconds. Scared the crap out of me for sure. Thanks for the tips. I am subscribing!

really helpful

Good advice, i like

Great job sir thanks

Your first tip might not be as accurate as you think. The quote from the manufacturer states, that plugging and unplugging motors during power on will damage the board. not when you power on the board without a motor. It's only when you power on the board and then plug in a motor that the board will get damaged. Without a motor the driver can boost up the voltage all it wants, it can go no where seeing there is no motor to conduct the current. Nothing will happen. But when it's on and the voltage is maxxed out and then you attach a motor the full power supply and all it's current might get dumped into the motor and the module will fry itself. Current cannot go where there is no connection. I breadboard these modules on a regular basis and none of them have broken from just powering them on without a motor. The second tip, These modules can do about 2 amps max. Nema 17 motors range from 1 to 2 amps max. Nema23 motors have lower coil resistance than Nema17's, Think of an audio amplifier rated for 8 ohm speakers. And then you attatch 4 ohm speakers. It will work, but it will struggle allot more. The thermal epoxy is a very nice idea tho, and the calibration of the current at the end is also a good idea.

good one, thx.

Thanks for this... thermal adhesive, here I come!

Never had those issues on my setup back in 2019. I always power up without the steppers and never had a fail of stepper drivers. Also, I only setup the current along the way of the setup. Don't have issues with heating also. Just stuck the heatsink with the provided sticky tape.

BIG UP !!

Thank You Sir!

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Great video. Do you have to adjust the current in the stepper motor driver? I already have an adjustable DC power supply that allows me to set the proper motor voltage. Is it still necessary? I’m very new to this lol

Thanks so much for this video i am sure its gonna save me a lot of fried parts bless your\ whole soul

thanks

Got my first DIY kit. Watched a different video, got my driver orientation wrong, burnt up the first driver within seconds of plugging it in. Luckily my kit came with 4. Should have watched this sooner.

Great Video! I have some Bipolar stepper motors (BJ42D31-02V01) - I can't find any specs online for them. I pulled them from an old 3D printer (which I also dont have the specs for); how can I work out the current rating for it and it's max voltage? Its 1.7" square (NEMA17?). Thanks in advance. I'll be using the CNC shield and Arduino UNO and A4988 Modules.

that's awsome just one question when I do mesurment between 0 and the pot meter I get 12v instead of 0 or 0.something. do you know any reason this could happen. ? I checked everything and it's all hooked up the correct way

I watched the video as well as your set up video, both very helpful, Wondering if you could possibly give me some direction. I'm new to this and setting up my first CNC. I was able to upload GRBL and Universal G-code sender. I'm using the Arduino UNO, with the red drivers. 4 axis. The orange light is blinking, the green light is on. I've double checked my motor wiring with an ohms meter. I am running the set up wizzard in the G-code sender program, when I try to move any of my axis motors in the program, I hear a low humming/buzzing noise, but no movement. It's difficult to determine where the noise is from, possibly the transformer/power supply? I doesn't sound like it's the motors. Is it possible that my drivers are burned out? Is it possible to bi-pass the drivers with a jumper just to check the motors? Any suggestions would be very helpful. TIA. Nick

Thank you very much JTechCustoms for the tips. I kindly request some information about the jumper settings on the CNC shield. I have a Nema17 1.7A motor and what should be my jumpper setting? Should I shortcut the middle couple? Also, for the CD/DVD stepper motors, what is the jumper setting on the shield and the current setting on the driver 8825? I would be very glad if you can redirect me to some information source. Thank you.

If you 0 out potentiometer on driver, it will still burn out ? ( after suplaying power with no loud )

Thanks

Thanks a ton, I guess my shield and drivers are fried now 😅, I wish I saw this before

cyanoacrylate (SuperGlue) is nonconductive and I used the tiniest drop on the DRV8825 chip and set the heat sink on it

No problems powering the board without a motor plugged. Even the quote from the website says plugging or unplugging the motor while powered. Thats not the same.

At least 3 good tips, thank you! I'm surprised I haven't fried my 8825 yet...

I need to power one large stepper motor and 3 much smaller ones with an arduino, the large stepper motor will need its own board to serve its 4 amps that feeds off PWM pins on the arduino. As for the other 3 motors, I want to drive them with this shield. Is it possible to clip some of the pins on the bottom of the shield to allow some of the PWM pins to go to my larger driver board? or is there some way to get that signal from the shield and send it that way

Thank you! Too bad I learned a couple tips before seeing your video.

Thank you very much for the precious advice

2 Fried then this video. Thanks man!

JTechCustoms, I have a question. Is it okay to supply 12v 5a to CNC Shield v3 for a total of 3 Nema17s with DRV8825?

Lets say you have a choice between using a 12V 20A or a 24V 10A supply(assume both meet requirements). Are there any pro/cons that you weigh in to decide which to use?

How to determine the Vref or Imax of a motor that does not have any data sheet available. I got a few while salvaging some printers and the data sheets are not on Internet ! 17PM J034 P2VS, 17PM J801 P3 VS

My drv8825 starts to heat up and eventually starts smoking, it gets really hot I have put a heatsink on. I will try the thermal liquid paste thing.

i want to use dvd stepper motors for a diy ploter with this very configuration (same board and same driver like in your video); what is the Vref for such motors, where to find data sheet

How much Max I can go with dvr8825 I want to use 36v9.7a mean well psu for 4 nema 23 is it possible to use

Hi thanks for the video. It was very helpful (after I blew a driver :)) I have new arduino, cnc shield and new drivers. However as I am turning up the on the pot, my X stepper motor keeps ticking, even after reaching the 50% of its nominated rated current. Any ideas or do I simply ignore this ?

Dang dude! You look like these steppers are driving you to tears😅

Great Video! Thanks for the tips! One question, why you checking for ampere when your multimeter is set to check volts?

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Question, Are you able to mix a Nema 17 on the Z and Nema 23's on the X & Y with this board configuration?

how to conncet abort/ resume/ hold/ e-stop buttom

My stepper motor is making beep sound... What should I do..?

hair good...haha thanks good tips!!!

I am facing a problem the grbl works till I connect cnc shield( v3.00) to power(12v 30 amps) as soon as I connect it to power supply grbl disconnects . I have tried and checked that grbl works with leds . I also tried 0.8c ,0.9j,1.1f versions of grbl Also purchased new shield and drv8825 but still the problem continues pls help.

What about the old traditional thermal conducting hear sink compound used between bigger CPUs on full sized motherboards ?

What are your recomendations to put for instance double X axe motor in the same driver? how can be done? thanks in advance, best regards.

Hi, Great video. Do you know which pins I connect to when installing an external reset button? Thanks.