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3D Printer Stepper Motor Driver
MC2208 V1.2 is an ultra-quiet two-phase stepper motor drive chip
continuous drive current 1.4A
peak current 2A
voltage range 4.75V-36V
256 subdivision
The flexible microPlyer interpolation unit provides up to 256 subdivisions, allowing perfect sinusoidal control even in systems with limited pulse frequencies
These are also designed because stealthChop2 ultra-quiet technology is widely used in 3D printing
Specifications :
Interface: Step/Dir
Configuration: CFG Pins or UART
Native Microsteps: up to 1/256
MicroPlyer Microsteps: 1/256
Logic Voltage (VIO): 3-5V
Motor Voltage (VM): 4.75-36V
Motor Phase Current max: 1.2A RMS, 2.0A Peak
Note :
TMC2208 V1.2 driver needs extra fan to cool it, otherwise the high temperature may destroy it.
Don't connect the motor when measuring the voltage, otherwise it is easy to burn the driver.
Power should be connected when measuring voltage, do not just connect USB power supply.
Package Includes:
5 X TMC2208 V1.2 Stepper Motor Driver
5 X Heat Sink
1 X Screwdriver
Todd B.
2025-09-07 19:05:31
Awesome upgrade! Was running Arduino/RAMPS1.4 with A4988s. Had unrelated issues but decided to change the drivers for TMC2208s. They were a drop in replacement (I use them in legacy mode) and are just fantastic! The noise level is just about zero. The only sound I hear when I print is the retraction and a bit of motor "grind" when the printer homes at the start of a print job. Can easily forget it is on! It is really THAT much quieter!.Note on setting the driver vref, I tried it the way the doc says and was not making any progress. Instead I followed the instructions on a youtube video and it worked great. Connect your volt-meter ground to the board wired ground to the power supply. Connect your positive probe to a small metal screw driver using an alligator clip. Watch the volt-meter readout as you turn the screw driver. Easy. Get the correct sized screw driver and verify it with the board powered off. Practice getting the screw driver onto the "pot" without touching anything else. Then power all. Connect volt-meter and adjust pots. I started with about 0.95 per and had to adjust from there over a few hours of practice prints. You don't mind if the stepper motors get warm but they should not be too hot to hold on to. If you go too low you will get skips so warm motor is OK. Have fun!
Zephyr Meyers
2025-08-14 14:39:15
I own an Anycubic i3 Mega; a very good printer, but notoriously loud from the factory. I got these 2208's to swap out. And they do in fact work quite well for the printer. Before printing anything, make sure to flash the printer with Marlin and select the right .hex file, because otherwise you'll have to swap the motor plugs, and mine wouldn't budge. For me personally, I adjusted the voltage so each one is around .8 volts (+- .02 volts) and it's worked well for me. You will have to bend the fan mount a little bit to get the fan to clear the taller heat sinks, but asides from that, a must-have mod for a printer that's got loud motors
CB
2025-08-08 18:14:01
Works great on a MKS gen L board running Marlin 2.x.x.These are setup as standalone drivers out of the box. Make sure to disconnect steppers, power up board and tune voltage first.Pots were decent, a little overshoot when adjusting so go slowly.Would buy these again.
Cameron
2025-07-20 12:19:49
I have to say, WOW what a difference these were! My printer no longer sounds like a 56k modem while it's printing! In fact, I am constantly having to look up to see if it's even printing still because I can't even hear it.Print quality went up quite a bit too, but I also flashed the newest marlin at the same time so that probably had some effect on that.Quick and easy to install. I just flashed an updated firmware for my anycubic so I didn't have to reverse my connectors.TIP: when setting your reference voltage, touch one of your probe's to your screwdriver and the other to the test hole furthest from the adjuster screw. This will allow you to see the voltage as you adjust it!
JB
2025-06-28 11:29:28
I'm using mine with an Anycubic Mega S. They work great. So much quieter. I waited a couple of months to install them as I wanted to be confident in the printer and my own ability. It was pretty easy. I did wind up using some other "low profile" heatsinks (spare raspberry pi kit) instead of the included ones as they were too tall for my fan arrangement. I do recommend upgrading the driver fan. I set the VRef to around .85 volts from the factory 1.1 volt. You can attach the leads of your meter with alligator clips to ground and the adjustment tool and measure and adjust the voltage at the same time as it is present on the potentiometer. The stepper motors run cool with no missed steps.Prints are as good or better. I notice a slight change in the interference pattern created by the print head motion in an otherwise smooth surface on a calibration cube. That makes sense with the step interpolation. Otherwise I can't tell a difference. It's astounding how much it changes with the same motors just using different impulses. Not sure why they don't use them to begin with other than a bit more cost. It's now a better printer. *UPDATE* I eventually switched them from Legacy mode to UART. It's tricky to solder the three little pads, but I got it done. It's definitely worth the effort if you feel comfortable performing the modification.
J. Burt
2025-05-26 17:48:14
I added one of these to my FL son Q5 Delta printer to replace the noisy extruder driver that it came with. This worked great. I had to make a change in the Marlin firmware to reverse the direction of the stepper motor but everything worked out great in the end. the heat sinks are pretty beefy and should keep everything cool in the long term and the drivers are 2208 silent steppers...and they live up to their name.
Mike
2025-04-27 18:10:57
I can't tell if my printer is running even if i'm sitting right next to it. They come with great heatsinks, absolutely dwarfs the old ones on the A4988's. Do be aware that the vref screw is on the opposite side of the board as most drivers, so double check the pins as you insert them.Only the X and Y axis on most printers are noisy in the first place, so this kit could even silence two printers and one of their extruders if that happens to be noisy.Drop-in replacement is 5/5 and dead silent, outright ghostly as the print head glides around. The UART control is available and packed with features, but I think 99% of users will get the most bang for their buck just swapping these in.. A bit complicated and for my purposes overkill, they run silent and not too hot with a single 40mm fan pointed at the board.
M. Connelly
2025-03-13 17:00:12
So much happier now! For installation guidance, see Teaching Tech on YT part 2 video. These are quiet and best yet, prints noticeably faster with better quality than the original, noisy steppers that would miss steps every so often. Get these. Best price on Amazon, and a true upgrade to your 3D printer.
RWaddell
2024-12-01 13:01:58
Package arrived in a timely manner and was exactly as described. The TMC2208 stepper motor driver is the quietest and most reliable way to drive stepper motors, IMHO, and I appreciate the inclusion of the small screwdriver to adjust the onboard potentiometer to set the limiting current (I’m not using these in a 3D printer so I don’t require the included heat sink, but most others will).Note that is is version 1.2 of the board design which means Vref is the top left hole next to the EN pin (on v2 boards it’s the middle hole in the group of three).
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