Which stepper driver is a good alternative to Gecho 540

[m.marino]

Okay,

First question is this machine Hobby, Semi-Hobby (you are going to be making your own commercial items on it, but not full time business), Semi-Business (it needs to earn it's way and might do client work on it), to Business? Because as you go down the road of less cost on your drivers you increase the risk of issues with the drives and how sensitive they are to noise. That and how well they will handle the power (with current being the bigger part of the issue) that is needed to get truly smooth motion and control out of the drivers.

The answers above will give you about 80% of your answer below. i went the cheaper route to start with and it cost me a good bit of business in the beginning a lesson that I would prefer other don't repeat (it get's expensive and regaining trust is not easy in the business world). So the answer is it depends, what is the use of the machine?

Michael