{"id":260,"date":"2013-07-18T11:21:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T10:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.amberspyglass.co.uk\/?p=260"},"modified":"2013-07-18T11:21:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T10:21:03","slug":"buildlog-net-stepper-shield-also-our-own-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/buildlog-net-stepper-shield-also-our-own-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Buildlog.net Stepper Shield; Also, Our Own Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/buildlog-net-stepper-shield-also-our-own-version\/asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-261\" alt=\"asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2\" src=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2-300x277.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2-324x300.jpg 324w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/asl_stepper_shield_assembled_2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/buildlog-net-stepper-shield-also-our-own-version\/asl_stepper_shield_pcb_top\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-262\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-262 alignleft\" alt=\"ASL_stepper_shield_PCB_top\" src=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ASL_stepper_shield_PCB_top-300x250.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ASL_stepper_shield_PCB_top-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ASL_stepper_shield_PCB_top-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ASL_stepper_shield_PCB_top-360x300.jpg 360w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ASL_stepper_shield_PCB_top.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Buildlog.net Arduino-compatible Stepper Motor Driver Shield (with PCBs from our friends at Reactive Substance) will be back in stock next week.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, I&#8217;ve been playing with KiCad and making my own shield. \u00a0I got some prototype boards made, and assembled one to test (right). \u00a0It works perfectly, but the board layout needs a few tweaks.<\/p>\n<p>The beta boards (left) aren&#8217;t as gorgeous as the matte black Reactive Substance boards, but I&#8217;m 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