Can I use 12 stepper motors on a SmoothieBoard V2?

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Good morning, everyone

I wanted to know if it is possible to use 12 stepper motors on a smoothieBoard V2?
I know it’s a lot, but I would like to drive my Z axis with 4 motors knowing that the machine I intend to build will be big.
If that is possible, could you tell me how?
Thank you in advance

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You can put several motors on a single driver, or several drivers on a single step/direction pins pair ( or both ). That’s fully transparent to Smoothie and looks like just driving one driver in the end. What really matters is how many motors you want *independent control* of. What’s that number ?

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Thank you for your answer arthurwolf,
except for the Z axis motors which would be controlled simultaneously, the 8 other motors would be controlled independently

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Smoothie supports up to 6 axis. Doing 8 will require editing the code.

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I also use 4 motors for the Z axis, and I am using a CNC stepper driver, something like TB6600 for example

I connected all motors to that driver. I connected 2 motors in series, the other 2 also in series, and the result of the 2 sets, in parallel. So in the end it will have the same ohms as one single motor

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Thank you for your quick and accurate answer Mike_8888