Norbert
Norbert
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Norbert was a weekend project I did with my son mostly out of the parts holding bin. The stepper motors and driver circuitry were bought years ago from MAX/NC as a 4 axis motion system. It was a bargain at the time so I bought it and it sat in the pre-design parts bin for a long while. I wanted to see how fast I could make a BSX-2 coded set of stepper motors go with $4 Home Depot lawn mower tires. My son wanted to get something built in the shop. It was a fun project but as expected, it was painfully slow and grossly under powered. I also didn't think through the project real well from my son's perspective either. He was 10 at the time and getting the electronics wired up and the code written was beyond his ability so I had to do a bunch of alone-time work on the project. This delayed it's entry into an operational bot for way too long for his taste. Norbert currently sits patiently on the shelf as a convenient place to store some motors, wheels and electronics until they are called upon by another project. Or who knows, this summer we might do some redesign with some new motors. Never know.....
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