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[David]

Hello,

Has somebody tried to adapt stepper motor and astroeq on a Exos 2 Bresser mount. As far as, I read, this mount is very similar (or identical) to a Meade Lx 75.
 suppose the worm gear ratio should be 144:1 ?

Thanks.

[TCWORLD]

Appears to be an EQ5, so yes, should be 144:1.

[doramason]

Hello,

Has somebody tried to adapt stepper motor and astroeq on a Exos 2 Bresser mount. As far as, I read, this mount is very similar (or identical) to a Meade Lx 75.
 suppose the worm gear ratio should be 144:1 ?

Thanks.

I have done and yes it is the same.

[David]

Thank you.

@ Doramason, did you use Tom's recommendation about type of motors, pulley,... I would be very interesting in having more info on the way you did it.

Regards

[doramason]

Thank you.

@ Doramason, did you use Tom's recommendation about type of motors, pulley,... I would be very interesting in having more info on the way you did it.

Regards

it is the same mount as an eq5 so you don't have to change anything. don't buy low voltage motors, they miss steps. I have used 1.8 degree Nema17 motors and 4:1 pulley ratio. Probably it gives more resolution than I need. Thoughest part is attaching motors to the the mount, I have used standard nema17 brackets and pieces of aluminum bar.   

[David]

I plan to use the Nema 14 type proposed by Tom on the website. Are they similar to the one you used (voltage and torque) ?

[doramason]

I plan to use the Nema 14 type proposed by Tom on the website. Are they similar to the one you used (voltage and torque) ?

https://www.pololu.com/product/1200

this is the motor I have used. But even with this the missing steps was an issue hence I had to do the fast decay mod on the DRV8825 driver. So maybe an even higher voltage motor would be better than this. But if it is too high it might stall in high speeds. It is a bit of trial and error. Or you can check other threads on the forum maybe someone had used a motor which didn't miss steps and stall. If you are going to do a DIY board you can also add diodes in to the circuit or use a different driver to solve the missing step issue.

[David]

Has somebody some recommendations on "motor which didn't miss steps and stall" ?

[David]

I found these ones. They seems to be Ok (?).

[David]

Hi,

For those who are interested, here are some data about the motor I used and the associated drawings for their support to the mount.
It works well. I can now take picture of 60 sec without guiding and with quite good results.