A blog article about a flat cable cutter project from the scratch. From the idea to the useful production machine. Machine was build using a PoKeys57U device from CNC Controllers series and stepper motor driver PoStep60-256. Two great products from PoLabs. How do you cut a flat cable? If you work with electronics there is … Read more
Here is a practical example of Arduino driving relay boards PoRelay8. PoRelay8 board with 8 relay outputs can be connected to any Arduino device if it can communicate via the I2C protocol. If 8 relay outputs do not satisfy your demands, additional up to 9 PoRelay8 boards can be daisy-chained over CAN bus, even with … Read more
In this blog we will describe, how we upgrade our cnc milling/router machine with new 4th axis for CNC machine and get more functionality, how to setup, wiring components and Configuration in Mach4. New upgrade in machine shop with intention to improve our support even additionally and also for making products for our development and … Read more
PoStepVID6606 is a new product in our series of stepper motor drivers. 8-channel miniature stepper motor driver based on VID6606 integrated circuit. The device is a perfect choice for making a flight simulator where several instruments are included on the control panel. The device is suitable for use with PoKeys, but also without restrictions on … Read more
In this blog we will describe Raspberry Pi with relay module. Example how to use a PoRelay8 module board. CAN relay board PoRelay8 features 8 relay outputs configured over I2C bus. Up to 10 boards can be daisy-chained over the CAN bus for up to 80 additional outputs. In previous blog (8 channel relay module … Read more
In this blog we will introduce, how we setup parameters on VFD and configure in Mach 4. In blog before – CNC Lathe spindle motor – part 1 [setup&wiring] we presented mechanical and electrical part of project how to CNC Lathe spindle motor setup and wiring electromotor and VFD. If you had problems with configuration … Read more
Isolated measurement Sometimes we would like to measure a signal with oscilloscope on a device, we are not familiar to. The reason might be that we don’t have a datasheet or a scheme available, or simply a common ground potential is not physically accessible. In such cases isolated USB oscilloscope can help. What’s more, I … Read more
Here you’ll get some basic information about optical isolators, how they work, where are used, how they look like and moreover where you can buy a 16 channel optical isolation device – PoOptoIn from PoLabs. What is a digital optical isolator? Digital optical isolator (also called an optocoupler, photocoupler) is an electronic component that transfers … Read more
We are constantly trying to offer our valued users as much support as possible. We take into account all their suggestions and wishes. Consequently, we decided to reveal PoStep60 USB communication protocol. In addition to I2C and Modbus serial interface, you will now be able to write your own app to communicate with the USB … Read more
Here is a quick guide how to easy perform Mach3 plasma setup. This article will guide you through the process of setting THC with your CNC controller board and Mach3. Let’s get to the point! How to use plasma with Mach3? Mach3 plasma setup quick guide First let me briefly introduce our two product from … Read more