BIGTREETECH EZ5160 RGB Stepper Motor Driver 4.7A Peak Support SPI Mode for Octopus Max EZ, Manta E3EZ, SKR 3 EZ, MMB Control Board (2 PCS)

Switching to TMC2209 drivers from the older DRV8825s significantly reduced the noise in my projects. These drivers operate so quietly, it's a noticeable improvement for anyone aiming to minimize sound.I installed the TMC2209s on a DRV8825 shield/expansion board that I found on Amazon, and they fit well. There are a couple of extra pins that don't connect to anything, but they're not needed for the driver to work effectively.One thing to keep in mind is the microstepping capability of the TMC2209s, which goes down to 1/8th. This might result in slower movement compared to some other drivers, but the reduction in noise and smooth operation more than compensates for the slight dip in speed.

These worked perfectly fine on a BTT Octopus 1.1 for the X/Y steppers.... after a lot of research on configuration. It seems that these use an SPI interface instead of UART. This means that the hardware jumpers must be set to correct positions and also the firmware must be properly configured. This configuration is not well documented, so, happy hunting and good luck!

If you're working with a microcontroller and not a prebuilt board, be sure your logic voltage and your motor voltage are going to the right pin. The datasheet is correct, I got a module with a poorly labeled pin. Always check the datasheet.

This TMC5160T supposed to be handle big current high voltage. But Just put in 36V is enough to kill it with a mere load current 0.9A. Turn out it is worst than the 1s generation TMC5160 V1. The design on heat dissipation is the worst solution I have ever seen in my life. Heat sink is glue on with a tooth brush like material and can come off without notice. Apparently the main reason to kill this TMC5160T is the heat. I am not sure why the designer make the circuit board that is hard to put on a decent heat sink properly not to mention the advertisement said it suppose to handle up to 70V. Nope 24 V is the most it can do and we don't need it for the 24V application because plenty of orther TMC can work fine @ 24V. 1 star for the abd product can do nothing but died.

The noise difference in StealthChop mode is astonishing. I run mine completely over UART which is very handy. Also the built in step generator (VActual) is great for offloading the stepping logic from your micro controller so it can get on with more important things

With some better heat sinking and/or forced air cooling you can get far more capability out of the chip. The TMC5160 can handle 600w - 10a60v per coil natively, but there are some limitations introduced by BigTreeTech's PCB and component selection. That said, you can extend the capabilities by using external gate drive transistors to nearly anything you'd like.I will probably desolder the TMC5160 and roll my PCB from one of the online PCB services. I bought the board because all the supply houses such as mouser are out of stock on the tmc5160 drivers.I'm using it to drive 17hs24-2104s 2.1a stepperonline motors, and it works well.

Three of four are great 1 popped like a firecracker

I went this direction because the pro versions are a little pricey but as others stated I had one doa. I bought four because I needed four and no one offers singles so I’ll have to buy another set and can’t get my printer going until I buy another set. Can’t return because the chance of having another doa. Other then that lol the three works so far on buzzing at least

4/4 drivers worked out of the box and all seemed to have their VREF calibrated for a max of ~1A per phase. Also these are extremely quiet I initially thought my first one was broken because of how quiet the motor was.Remember to remove the blue plastic cover on the bottom of the heatsink (but leave the white thermal pad). Also, cut the index and diag pins if you plan on using these in a breadboard. I tried calibrating one of my drivers and forgot to clip those pins and the VREF was very wonky. Luckily they ended up only shorting to the enable pin instead of the motor power input pin, so the driver worked fine afterwards.

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Ottimo acquisto molto silenziosi e non riscaldano. Comprati per sostituire i 2208 .Li ho configurati nel firmware marlin 2.5.Non è stato facile ma ora funzionano ottimamente. Grazie

Arrived fast. Quality as advertised. Swapped my old A4988 for this one in the breakout board socket after fumbling a bit trying to decipher the datasheet and the supplier instructions (which are unclear how the Enable is to be used). Note that this pin needs to be connected to GND for the module to work because there is no chip internal pulldown unlike in A4988.But oh, boy what a difference. This module is worth all the money. It is steady, smooth, no humming, no jumping, no missing steps, no jitter, no rattling. If you used an A4988 in the past, dump it and buy this one fast and never look back. When I connected it I thought the module was broken, it was that smooth and quiet.. That says it all.Few notes if you're planning to swap an old crappy A4988 with TMC2109 and not planning to use UART, though the pinout module is very similar you may need to change a few things especially if you are using a socket/breakout board (changes need be done on the breakout board):1. RST and SLP pins are shorted on A4988. Un-short them to allow TMC21092. EN pin is pulled low internally on A4988 and therefore one does not need to connect it for standalone. For TMC2109 this pin needs to be connected to GND. There is no internal pulldown.3. You need a 50-100uF decoupling cap on the motor voltage closer to the module so that same for both modules.4. if you had jumpers on the MS3 on A4988 module, remove it before swapping to TMC2109 as the latter only uses two bits for step settings.

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