Tmc2208 howto a more complete setup guide

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(UPDATE: it has come to my attention lately that the standard Marlin 1.1.8 branch is not working, but I confirmed yesterday (5-22-18) that the 1.1.x-bugfix branch is working). As requested, this is a more complete TMC2208 setup video than the brief overview setup I gave in the other vid. I walk through the 4 ESSENTIAL steps in getting these drivers into UART serial software control mode: • 1) Firmware configuration • 2) Installing the Arduino driver • 3) Soldering the jumper bridge pad • 4) Making the connector cable • TIME INDEX: • 1:23 - Marlin firmware setup: configuration_adv pins_RAMPS • 5:52 - Install the libraries in Arduino IDE • 6:28 - Finding the pin numbers • 7:68 - (optional) finding usable pins if aux2 is used up • 9:28 - How to enable UART software control mode • 10:40 - Legacy mode RAMPS MS1 MS2 jumper options • 12:37 - Which pins to solder on • 13:10 - soldering the jumper pad to enable UART mode • 14:31 - Making the Y-cable for UART Tx/Rx • 15:30 - pics of my setup for reference • 16:05 - Marlin trinamic code commands • • NOTES: • “Jumper” can refer to either the RAMPS MS1-MS3 board jumpers OR the stepstick solder jumper pads • -“comment it out” or “un-comment” refers to a coding convention where you place or remove // before a line of code to turn it into a comment (which means your compiler will ignore it, effectively switching off that line of code in your configuration) • • FINAL CHECKLIST: • For UART software control and debugging mode: • 1) configure your configuration_adv.h file • 2) configure your pins_RAMPS.h file • 3) Install the trinamic libraries in Arduino IDE • 4) Solder the jumper bridge on StepStick to connect a driver pin to the UART leg on the chip • 5) Remove your RAMPS board jumpers (at least make sure the MS3 jumper is removed, the others will be ignored) • 6) Make a Y-cable to connect Stepstick to your software-serial Rx and Rx pins on your RAMPS • 7) Test connections by sending M122 gcode command to get driver status • • MY CONTRIBUTION LINKS to keep this channel alive: • MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION: • / alexkenis • ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTION: • https://PayPal.me/AlexKenis • Background music by my band Solamors, you can contribute by buying a copy on bandcamp.com, or iTunes, Google Play, etc etc: • https://solamors.bandcamp.com • https://aletheian.bandcamp.com • PRODUCTS and blog: • AlexKenis.com (redirects to my blog at the moment)

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