I thought mainland US and UK is the only part of the world still using imperial widely, apparently I am wrong.
It's correct that without the drivers on board, everything will fit much more easily. However, my goal is to have them onboard to handle my scenario (and most common scenarios I believe).
That said - it's a shield, so anyone could grab the step/dir signals and every other pins directly on the headers. If space's allowed, I could make step/dir available on a seperated headers - I am still routing it and can't say for sure at this stage.
It's correct that without the drivers on board, everything will fit much more easily. However, my goal is to have them onboard to handle my scenario (and most common scenarios I believe).
That said - it's a shield, so anyone could grab the step/dir signals and every other pins directly on the headers. If space's allowed, I could make step/dir available on a seperated headers - I am still routing it and can't say for sure at this stage.