Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month
Pros:
This looks to be the original EasyDriver V4.4 Stepper. That's probably the reason why the price is steeper.
I like the fact that it comes without header pins unsoldered – that way I can adapt it to my project.
Based on the Allegro A3967 controller. Micros...
Cons:
This is more of the design of the EasyDriver board itself, but the pinouts for the stepper motors are not spaced for screw term...
Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 day to 1 week
Pros:
Works fine, a lot of possibilities like microstepping in 1/2. 1/4, 1/8 stepping mode, enable, sleep... It is very easy to use, on the internet you can find a lot of tutorials how to use it with breakout board or arduino.
Cons:
Not designed for big projects, gets really hot after few minutes of work. It would be better if there are also headers soldered...
posted by chuank on 01/06/2013 Certified Owner
Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month