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							- Arduino TMC26X Stepper Motor Controller Library
 
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- TMC26XStepper.cpp - - TMC 260/261/262 Stepper library for Wiring/Arduino
 
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- based on the stepper library by Tom Igoe, et. al.
 
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- Copyright (c) 2011, Interactive Matter, Marcus Nowotny
 
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- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 
- of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 
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- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 
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- About
 
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- The TMC26X is a stepper motor controller for bipolar stepper motors. From the trinamic web site:
 
-  The TMC262 is the first energy efficient high current high precision microstepping driver 
 
-  IC for bipolar stepper motors. The unique high resolution sensorless load detection stallGuard2™ 
 
-  is used to for the world’s first integrated load dependent current control feature called coolStep™.
 
-  The ability to read out the load and detect an overload makes the TMC262 an optimum choice for 
 
-  drives where a high reliability is desired at a low cost. The new patented spreadCycle PWM mixed 
 
-  decay chopper scheme ensures best zero crossing performance as well as high speed operation. 
 
-  The TMC262 can be driven with Step & Direction signals as well as by serial SPI™ interface. 
 
-  Using the microPlyer allows to operate the motor with highest 256 μStep smoothness reducing the 
 
-  input frequency to 16 μSteps. A full set of protection and diagnostic features makes this device 
 
-  very rugged. It directly drives external MOSFETs for currents of up to 6A. This way it reaches 
 
-  highest energy efficiency and allows driving of a high motor current without cooling measures 
 
-  even at high environment temperatures.
 
- The unique features of the TMC26X are that everything can (and must) be controlled in software:
 
- * the motor current
 
- * microstepping
 
- * stall protection
 
- * current reduction according to load
 
- * stallGuard2™ sensorless load detection
 
- * coolStep™ load dependent current control
 
- * spreadCycle hysteresis PWM chopper 
 
- * microPlyer 16-to-256 μStep multiplier
 
- * full protection and diagnostics
 
- This makes the TMC26X a bit harder to use than other stepper motors but much more versatile.
 
- This library resolves all the complicated stuff so that you can use TMC26X straight away.
 
- Furthermore, all the settings are implemented in high level interfaces so that configuring your
 
- motor is a breeze.
 
- How to use
 
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- Check out the Setup Guide here: 
 
- And the How To here:
 
 
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