Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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TIME INDEX:
2:14 A4988 overview and heat issues
4:32 StepStick cooling tips
5:10 Where the heat comes from
7:12 DRV8825 overview
8:40 2-layer and 4-layer dissassembly
9:35 DRV8825 problems
13:00 Trinamic overview
16:12 Trinamic problems
23:55 Other StepStick options
26:32 Other non-StepStick options

Link to raw StepStick comparison data: alexkenis.wordpress.com/2018/04/28/stepstick-data-comparison

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Where you can buy:
Genuine Pololu drivers pololu.com/category/120/stepper-motor-drivers

Panucatt drivers panucatt.com/category_s/1832.htm

Watterott drivers watterott.com/en/Interfaces/Motor-Controllers/Stepper

USA SilentStepStick source filastruder.com/collections/electronics

Source for unassembled silentstepstick digikey.com/products/en/development-boards-kits-programmers/evaluation-and-demonstration-boards-and-kits/787