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Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« on: September 05, 2022, 06:14:26 AM »
On a stepper motor driver we have the high voltage section where we connect the required power and we also have the signal section where the wiring from the stepper motors connect.

I use shielded cables for both the high voltage and signal sections and my question is do I ground the shielded cable in both sections or just the high voltage or signal section?

Thanks
Nicolas
Re: Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2022, 05:41:58 AM »
 I would ground the signal wiring, but only one end of the shield not both. the high voltage side does not need to be shielded in my opinion.
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Charlie M.
Re: Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2022, 05:47:10 AM »
 I meant ground one end of the signal shielding.
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Charlie M.

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Re: Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2022, 08:58:57 AM »
Thank you Charlie, I will ground one end of the signal shielding
Nicolas

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Re: Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2022, 12:03:22 PM »
To my experience grounding the signal side of a driver (A in the attached picture) is wrong, that’s the cable connected to the BOB. It almost twisted my gantry because the Y axis motor turned much faster than the slaved A axis.

Then I grounded the high voltage (D), that’s the cable handling the feed to each stepper motor and then all was good.

Nicolas
Re: Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2022, 12:59:51 PM »
We're talking about grounding the shielded cable shielding. Not any signals.
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Charlie M.

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Re: Grounding Stepper Motor Driver
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2022, 01:35:16 PM »
We're talking about grounding the shielded cable shielding. Not any signals.

Yes, grounding the shielded cable shielding
Nicolas