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Re:Jello 3D Printer (2013) by amelius on Thursday March 18, 2021 @08:02AM (#26501762)
Nice idea. I guess you can also measure from the coil current that the motor is being stopped or pushed back.
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Re:Jello 3D Printer (2013) by dekhn on Thursday March 18, 2021 @09:38AM (#26502545)
Yup, and some modern steppers have this: https://github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32/wiki/StallGuard-Setup-a...
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