This Project is just beginning.......
2. Construct the control Computer
1.
Buy the Computer
-
Measures 2.0" x 0.9" x 0.3" (51mm x 23mm x 8mm) without headers soldered in
-
Light as a (large?) feather - 5.8 grams
-
ATSAMD21G18 @ 48MHz with 3.3V logic/power
-
No EEPROM
-
3.3V regulator with 500mA peak current output
-
USB native support, comes with USB bootloader and serial port debugging
-
You also get tons of pins - 20 GPIO pins
-
Hardware Serial, hardware I2C, hardware SPI support
-
8 x PWM pins
-
10 x analog inputs
-
1 x analog output
-
Built in 100mA lipoly charger with charging status indicator LED
-
Pin #13 red LED for general purpose blinking
-
Power/enable pin
-
4 mounting holes
-
Reset button
-
SX127x LoRa® based module with SPI interface
-
Packet radio with ready-to-go Arduino libraries
-
Uses the license-free ISM bands (ITU "Europe" @ 433MHz and ITU "Americas" @ 900MHz)
-
+5 to +20 dBm up to 100 mW Power Output Capability (power output selectable in software)
-
~300uA during full sleep, ~120mA peak during +20dBm transmit, ~40mA during active radio listening.
-
Simple wire antenna or spot for uFL connector

2.
Buy the Motor Controller
-
4 full H-Bridges: the TB6612 chipset provides 1.2A per bridge with thermal shutdown protection, internal kickback protection diodes. Can run motors on 4.5VDC to 13.5VDC.
-
Up to 4 bi-directional DC motors with individual 12-bit speed selection (so, about 0.02% resolution)
-
Up to 2 stepper motors (unipolar or bipolar) with single coil, double coil, interleaved or micro-stepping.
-
Motors automatically disabled on power-up
-
Big 3.5mm terminal block connectors to easily hook up wires (18-26AWG) and power
-
Polarity protected 2-pin terminal block and jumper to connect external power, for separate logic/motor supplies
-
Completely stackable design: 5 address-select jumper pads means up to 32 stackable wings: that's 64 steppers or 128 DC motors! What on earth could you do with that many steppers? I have no idea but if you come up with something send us a photo because that would be a pretty glorious project.
-
Download the easy-to-use Arduino software library, check out the examples and you're ready to go!

4.
Buy 2 Motors
-
200 steps per revolution, 1.8 degrees
-
Coil #1: Red & Yellow wire pair. Coil #2 Green & Brown/Gray wire pair.
-
Bipolar stepper, requires 2 full H-bridges!
-
4-wire, 8 inch leads
-
42mm/1.65" square body
-
31mm/1.22" square mounting holes, 3mm metric screws (M3)
-
5mm diameter drive shaft, 24mm long, with a machined flat
-
12V rated voltage (you can drive it at a lower voltage, but the torque will drop) at 350mA max current
-
28 oz*in, 20 N*cm, 2 Kg*cm holding torque per phase
-
35 ohms per winding
