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Originally Posted by Mickconn77
How much was the outlay in the end? Looking at $65 for the two motors it seems, can you recall the final tally?
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Hard to calculate exactly.. $200 total for my final solution? maybe a bit more, but definitely much less than commercial kits.
I used some bits and pieces I collected over the years.. and lots of fiddling with details (I am a tinkerer..)
My approach to OnStep was non-standard, because I experimented with
Bartel's GoTo system before committing to OnStep, so I already had Stepper motors and drivers inside the mount, and driving electronics is in handpad (with STEP/DIR/MODE pulses as output to mount).
Pulleys and belts came from ebay (mainly stuff used for building 3D printers).
First solution was Arduino MEGA board with RAMPS 1.4, it was cheaper then.
I also build two
controllers around STM32, this is cheaper and much faster solution (I have design files for both boards, you can have them for manufacturing PCB's if you are interested).
Some details on
how I modified LXD75 are here, they are applicable to EQ6 as well (Ignore the beginning of the thread, OnStep was still in the early stages then, today it is matured and well supported by the community).