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    Re: Custom PCB to interface with G540

    @Marcus
    In your opinion, should I leave the db25 shell isolated from the logic ground on my PCB? PCB grounding is quite the ambiguous topic for me.



    Hi John, thanks for the nice comments.
    Not...
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    Re: Custom PCB to interface with G540

    John,
    Your info has been most helpful, thanks a bunch!
    And you too CoAMarcus, chimed in as I was typing here it seems:) I appreciate the attachment, will have a look shortly.

    I've been working...
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    Nice, thank you...my first quick glance looks...

    Nice, thank you...my first quick glance looks like it may answer a few questions once I study it a bit!

    Perhaps Gecko may provide something similar regarding the current model, that's the one I...
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    Re: Custom PCB to interface withe G540

    sorry...

    but WHICH circuit diagram?
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    Custom PCB to interface with G540

    Greets,

    I am working on designing a custom PCB to interface with a G540. The intention is to drive the G540 from Arduino and GRBL, just as an alternative to my current MACH3 setup which works...
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    Re: Cause of G203v error?

    Hmmm...interesting, I came here to look for advice because I had the same problem. Well almost. I have been using my router for maybe a couple years now, and had the red led fault error present...
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    Re: how to drive THIS stepper motor.....

    interesting...didn't realize just how substantial the higher voltage affects torque @ given rpm.

    guess I will have to get a bigger power supply or just live with the low acceleration. I will set...
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    Re: how to drive THIS stepper motor.....

    So might I assume that the one current rating given for my motor in the linked .pdf of the OP would be the rating if the motor is used unipolar?

    I have tested voltage on my PS while under heavier...
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    Re: how to drive THIS stepper motor.....

    I am using a converted 48 volt switching power supply from a server.

    So if I used a current set resistor to set the current 1/10 of the original 6 amps, to .6 amps, I would still be able to get...
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    how to drive THIS stepper motor.....

    I have been driving this step motor:
    www.alltronics.com/mas_assets/acrobat/28M046.pdf ,


    ...connected bipolar parallel, for some time on my diy router table with good luck. However, the motor...
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    Re: Advice with first plasma machine

    Hi Jim, thanks for chiming in........I would be interested in both the how-to of making the hand torch machine operable, and to the exact model of machine torch that fits the powermax45. Do you...
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    Re: Advice with first plasma machine

    Ok, sorry, still lots of confusion:

    It looks like your bladerunner system, hardware-wise, includes steppers, integrated drivers, a BOB, power supply, etc.from what I can tell.

    I already have a...
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    Re: Advice with first plasma machine

    Thanks Tom,
    very direct answers....most likely I will be in contact with you sooner/later.

    I plan to build a very small table, I simply don't have room in the garage for yet another cnc...
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    Advice with first plasma machine

    Hi folks,
    I've somehow convinced myself that I cannot live without a CNC plasma cutter:banana: And I want to build my own but sadly realize there is quite a bit I still need to learn up on before...
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    Thanks for the links, at a quick glance it looks...

    Thanks for the links, at a quick glance it looks like I will enjoy spending some time there. Again, very well documented.

    I just began researching extruders about 3 days ago, but your homebrew...
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    Looking forward to more progress.....! I am...

    Looking forward to more progress.....!

    I am grateful of your generous effort to provide your findings, document your work, and explain things in a straightforward fashion. Enough to warrant my...
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