{"id":367,"date":"2013-10-03T00:19:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T23:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.amberspyglass.co.uk\/?p=367"},"modified":"2013-10-03T00:19:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T23:19:30","slug":"gaups-1-0-arduino-compatible-stepper-motor-driver-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/gaups-1-0-arduino-compatible-stepper-motor-driver-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"GAUPS 1.0 Arduino-compatible Stepper Motor Driver Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/gaups-1-0-arduino-compatible-stepper-motor-driver-shield\/gaups-1-0-stepper-shield-pcb-top-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-369 alignleft\" alt=\"GAUPS 1.0 stepper shield PCB (top)\" src=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-top1-300x240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-top1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-top1-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-top1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-top1-374x300.jpg 374w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-top1.jpg 1791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For once, something arrives earlier than expected form a supplier! \u00a0These lovely things landed today (I wasn&#8217;t expecting them until next week at the earliest). \u00a0With uncharacteristic swiftness,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/store\/gaups-1-0-arduino-compatible-stepper-shield-kit.html\">I made them available in the store<\/a>. \u00a0I even wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/wiki\/GAUPS_1.0_Instructions\">assembly instructions<\/a> for them!<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re my own design, so I&#8217;m a little excited.\u00a0Two exclamation marks in a single post! Three, with the last one! OK, now four! Circular reference! (I&#8217;ll stop now.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/gaups-1-0-arduino-compatible-stepper-motor-driver-shield\/gaups-1-0-stepper-shield-pcb-bottom\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-370 alignleft\" alt=\"GAUPS 1.0 stepper shield PCB bottom\" src=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-bottom-300x240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-bottom-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-bottom-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-bottom-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-bottom-374x300.jpg 374w, https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-PCB-bottom.jpg 1761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The best thing about the board is that, while the component layout is almost the same as that of the buildlog.net stepper shield, it is a new design from the ground up, carefully routed by hand, with an almost uninterrupted ground plane.<\/p>\n<p>I think the DIP switches are a nice touch, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is, assembled:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/gaups-1-0-arduino-compatible-stepper-motor-driver-shield\/gaups-1-0-stepper-shield-assembled\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-371\" alt=\"GAUPS 1.0 stepper shield assembled\" src=\"http:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/GAUPS-1.0-stepper-shield-assembled-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"467\" 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