4 Axis TB6560 CNC Stepper Motor Driver Board Controller Note: this board is neither reprappable nor open source, so it's a bit questionable whether it belongs into this Wiki. Bogdan stuffed it into the wiki since he's using one or two, and he suggests folk may want to check them out. I think he bought his off of ebay. No one's going to stuff it into the "Official" Electronics any time soon. --Sebastien Bailard 06:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC) ?! Maybe this is for "discussion page" and not for here. Why is it important if the board is reprapable or not?! Are sanguino, arduino, pololu driver or any other of many drivers we use reprappable ?! Here we go anyways: NOTE: This stepper driver board is HIGHLY experimental within the reprap community ( less than 3 known users, none 100% satisfied with their configuration yet) NOTE: When I contacted ebay seller about the faulty driver board (they delayed sending me replacement) he told he they had received 3 faulty boards at once and were asking which one is mine NOTE: During tests I managed to kill 3 different TB6560 drivers (one by just hooking scope to the output) NOTE: This board is closed source, which means we'll have oodles of trouble printing it. A reverse engineered schematic of the 3 axis variant of these boards is available athttp://www.cnc.info.pl//files/schemat_sterownika_3_osie_165.pdf You can get it on ebay Users of this family of Chinese boards should be aware that many, if not all, apply power to the TB6560 in completely the wrong order. The chip spec sheet calls for the 5V logic supply to be applied and settled before
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4 Axis TB6560 CNC Stepper Motor Driver Board Controller
Note: this board is neither reprappable nor open source, so it's a bit questionable whether it
belongs into this Wiki.
Bogdan stuffed it into the wiki since he's using one or two, and he suggests folk may want to check them out. I think he bought his off of ebay. No one's going to stuff it into the "Official" Electronics any time soon.--Sebastien Bailard 06:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
?! Maybe this is for "discussion page" and not for here. Why is it important ifthe board is reprapable or not?! Are sanguino, arduino, pololu driver or any otherof many drivers we use reprappable ?!
Here we go anyways:
NOTE: This stepper driver board is HIGHLY experimental within the reprap community ( less than 3
known users, none 100% satisfied with their configuration yet)
NOTE: When I contacted ebay seller about the faulty driver board (they delayed sending me
replacement) he told he they had received 3 faulty boards at once and were asking which one is
mine
NOTE: During tests I managed to kill 3 different TB6560 drivers (one by just hooking scope to the
output)
NOTE: This board is closed source, which means we'll have oodles of trouble printing it. A reverse
engineered schematic of the 3 axis variant of these boards is available
Users of this family of Chinese boards should be aware that many, if not all, apply power to the
TB6560 in completely the wrong order. The chip spec sheet calls for the 5V logic supply to be
applied and settled before the motor drive voltage is applied. There is a belief in some of the user
community that absence of the logic voltage allows the upper and lower MOSFETs within the
internal H-bridge to both be in a conductive mode simultaneously. There have also been reports
pointing out poor slew rate with some of the opto-isolators fitted to these boards leading to missed
steps and the incomplete isolation provided in that there is a common earth plane between the input
and output.
here is the original manufacturer's site, in chinese
google translation of the above site
NOTE: If you want something more reliable, SOC Robotics also has a DB25 style breakout board
(MK4, MK4c, MK5) and TB6560 driver boards that may work in place of this China board with less
problems http://www.socrobotics.com
NOTE: For a video and some information on using the "Red" and "Blue" boards
visit http://whatisacnc.com/driver-board/tb6560/
TIP: the model commonly used appears to be a HY-TB4DV-M.
The 'TB' means it uses the 6560 chip ( TA means the TA8435 chip, which is also used on a similar board). The '4' means the number of channels.The -M and -N boards have different physical layouts, and may be different revisions of the same basic design, not sure?
Specifications
Input Power12 - 36V DC Note that many forums state that this board dies in smoke if powered over 24V
Stepper motor drive current
1.5A - 3A/phase
Drive type Double-pole constant flow PWM actuation output
Compatible Stepper motors
2 or 4 phase, 4,6 or 8 lead stepper motors, 3A max.