SparkFun Big Easy Driver
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![SparkFun Big Easy Driver](https://cdn.sparkfun.com//assets/parts/9/7/2/6/12859-01.jpg)

[*SparkFun Big Easy Driver (ROB-12859)*](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12859)

This is a stepper motor driver board capable of driving bi-polar stepper motors at up to 2A/phase.

Repository Contents
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* **/Firmware** - Example Arduino sketches 
* **/Hardware** - All Eagle design files (.brd, .sch)
* **/Production** - Test bed files and production panel files

Product Versions
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* [ROB-12859](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12859)- Version 1.6. Currently available. 
* [ROB-11876](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11876)- Version 1.5. Retired. 
* [ROB-11699](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11699)- Version 1.3. Retired. 
* [ROB-10735](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10735)- Version 1.2. Retired.

Version History
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* [Hw-v1.6_Fw-v1.0](https://github.com/sparkfun/Big_Easy_Driver/tree/HW-v1.6_Fw-v1.0) -GitHub tag for hardware version 1.6, firmware version 1.0.  
* [HW-v1.5](https://github.com/sparkfun/Big_Easy_Driver/tree/HW-v1.5) - GitHub tag for Hardware version 1.5. 

License Information
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The hardware is released under [Creative Commons Share-alike 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).  

The code is beerware; if you see me (or any other SparkFun employee) at the local, and you've found our code helpful, please buy us a round!

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.

Getting Started Help
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There's a great [Big Easy Driver Hookup Guide](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/big-easy-driver-hookup-guide) by SparkFun.

There are six example sketches in the **/Firmware** directory. Examples 1 through 5 have hookup diagrams and explanations on the [Easy Driver Examples](http://www.schmalzhaus.com/EasyDriver/Examples/EasyDriverExamples.html) page.

_This is a collaboration with Brian Schmalz._