DIY Arduino Camera Slider - TMC2100 VS DRV8825 VS A4988

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Click on "ARDUINO PROJECT" download button and enjoy !

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

🤟🤟🤟 MOTORIZE NOW YOUR CAMERA SLIDER IN A FEW EASY STEPS FOLLOWING OUR LATEST STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL AND REPLACE YOUR OLD A4988 DRIVER WITH YOUR NEW TMC2100 DRIVER FOR A GREAT EXPERIENCE 🤟🤟🤟

⛔️ THINGS TO REMEMBER AND TO DO ⛔️

✅ 1 - Remember that TMC2100 driver (as DRV8825) has inverted pins compared to A4988 so make sure to rotate it of 180° when you are sticking it to your breadboard.

✅ 2 - If you've already followed our latest tutorial and you set up an A4988 driver using the code we provided to you and now you want to upgrade to TMC2100, also remember to update the Arduino code by copy & paste this lines over the old one at the very bottom of the code:

✅ COPY & PASTE:
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// Function for reading the Potentiometer
int speedUp() {
int customDelay = analogRead(A0); // Reads the potentiometer
int newCustom = map(customDelay, 0, 1023,200,700);
return newCustom;
}
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The only thing that has changed is the speed range where the lowest number (in this case 200) represents the lowest speed and the highest number (in this case 700) represents the highest speed.

For A4988 and DRV8825 drivers a good range of values is 500, 12000 but for TMC2100 a good range of values is 200, 700.

Obviously feel free to experiment and change the parameters as you prefer but always be careful not to exceed the limits because the system may not work properly.

🛒 PRODUCT LINKS 🛒

✅ MKS TMC2100

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✅ DRV8825

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✅ A4988

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INTRODUCTION

In this video we explain how to motorize our camera slider with Arduino Uno R3 testing three different drivers: A4988 / DRV8825 / TMC2100.

You will see that A4988 and DRV8825 drivers are pretty similar to each other and if you want to get the perfect stabilization in your footage with your camera on your diy slider those drivers are not the answer to your problems, they become the problem themselves.

After way too many vibrations and after way too many cyber noises and a very bad quality stabilization (especially at low speed) we found the solution 👌👌👌

SO WHAT IS THE BEST DRIVER TO USE?

The best driver to use is for sure TMC2100 Ultra - Silent driver by Trinamic which is the quietest Pololu compatible stepper motor drivers currently available on the market for real 😱

This driver turned out to be the most versatile and oustanding driver for our needs.

If you want a flawless stabilization and a perfect camera slide shot in your video, vibrations and noises are the biggest problems but with this driver everything is absolutely smooth and clean.

Give it a try and you won't regret your choice because it's certainly the best choice.

⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰

00:00 - Are you ready?

01:05 - Introduction to A4988 / DRV8825 / TMC2100 drivers

01:47 - It's time to experiment

01:50 - A4988 driver tested at low and at high speed

02:31 - A4988 driver test results

02:39 - DRV8825 driver tested at low and at high speed

03:06 - DRV8825 driver test results

03:16 - Let's test THE BEST driver: TMC2100

04:11 - How much weight can it handle ?

04:44 - TMC2100 driver test results

05:02 - Sexy Outro

05:28 - Create your own arduino project

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[RookieReefer]

We have the same slider lol. Great video, I'm ordering as we speak!!

[kepeb]

Unless you are testing the rods or bearings, that's not how you measure the weight.

[Yorock]

Wow! this was super helpfull I'm building my own slider and this is the exact info i need! Thanks!

[HippoXXL]

Nice comparison, thx! ...And I like the Buddha.
Greetings from germany,
Marcus

[jooch_exe]

try TL smoothers on the 4988/8825, you'll be surprised

[bzqp]

Did you set MS1-3 pins of A4988 to 1/16 microstepping? It looked way to choppy to be honest...

[tommasomagliocchetti]

I have an Anycubic i3 mega and I'm replacing the stock drivers with the DRV8825, I saw that the latter have microsteps (1/32), but I have to change something on the printer to be able to take advantage of the microsteps or the printer is ready to use the microsteps ?

[lloydw]

will these work on the ramps 1.4 board or the extrudr board to expand steppers to modify printer for 3 colors?

[rahmanmahmud]

Hi, this driver can produce 256 steps, as I learned but does it mean, using arduino, I can tell my stepper to turn 1.8/256=0.007 degree every time and wait X sec then turn 0.007 degree? I want to make a rotating time lapse head. So my plan is to turn as slow as possible and step by step like TURN 0.007 degree then wait for SHOOTING CAMERA then TURN 0.007 degree. Thank you in advance.

[robotronix-co-il]

thanks !!! totally not technical video, but maybe this is even better !)

[uniqueobr]

Hello, can tmc2100 drivers be used with cnc shield on top of arduino uno? :)

[giorgiogiun]

Dear Sir, it is possible to see a Photo of the bottom parts where the belt is fixed to the camera moving Part?
Thanks

[michaelwdunedinnewzealand]

This is a very biased unscientific comparison designed to favour the last driver with zero evidence to prove they are any different to each other. What has the TM factory paid you for this rubbish 😂