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Heatsinking an A4988/A4983 stepper motor driver carrier

Posted by Paul on 21 September 2012

This blog post is a very detailed writeup of some A4988 stepper motor driver heatsinking experiments.

Wixel used with Arbotix Commander V2
by Ryan - 21 September 2012
This post in the Trossen Robotics Community forum shows a pair of Wixels are added to an Arbotix Commander V2 remote control, allowing it to send...

Textspresso text-enabled espresso machine
by Paul - 25 September 2012
This text-enabled espresso machine uses the Zipwhip app to receive a text message for an order of espresso. An A4988 stepper motor driver carrier...

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