SparkFun Big Easy Driver

SparkFun Big Easy Driver (ROB-12859)

This is a stepper motor driver board capable of driving bi-polar stepper motors at up to 2A/phase.

Repository Contents

• /Firmware - Example Arduino sketches
• /Hardware - All Eagle design files (.brd, .sch)
• /Production - Test bed files and production panel files

Product Versions

• ROB-12859- Version 1.6. Currently available.
• ROB-11876- Version 1.5. Retired.
• ROB-11699- Version 1.3. Retired.
• ROB-10735- Version 1.2. Retired.

Version History

• Hw-v1.6_Fw-v1.0 -GitHub tag for hardware version 1.6, firmware version 1.0.
• HW-v1.5 - GitHub tag for Hardware version 1.5.

License Information

The hardware is released under Creative Commons Share-alike 3.0.

The code is beerware; if you see me (or any other SparkFun employee) at the local, and you've found our code helpful, please buy us a round!

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.

Getting Started Help

There's a great Big Easy Driver Hookup Guide by SparkFun.

There are six example sketches in the /Firmware directory. Examples 1 through 5 have hookup diagrams and explanations on the Easy Driver Examples page.

This is a collaboration with Brian Schmalz.