Using an arduino and gshield to run some bigger drivers and motors: ie nema 34

[GeoffSteer]

I’m using a Gecko G540 with separate drivers for each of the Y axis motors. I normally use Linuxcnc which lets me do the slaving in software but in order to try out Easel/grbl, I made up a controller using the Arduino and a cnc sheild. The cnc shield doesn’t have any drivers fitted, it was just a convenient way to get things wired up.

Running the X-Carve via grbl with a Gecko G540 controller

I’ve mentioned in previous posts, that I run my X-Carve under Linuxcnc with a Gecko G540 controller. It works well and I’ve been successfully creating gcode using (mostly) CamBam. However, I can’t access all the goodies that Easel provides unless I run grbl. This thread will document the process of getting grbl to drive the Gecko G540 controller. First step was to get a couple of Ardunio Unos (if there are two Uno, does that make it a Due? ) They arrived from China today $A16 for b…