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? A Digital optical isolator (also called an optocoupler, photocoupler) is an electronic component that … 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
In this blog we will introduce how to use stepper motor driver with modbus communication. A practical example will answer any questions you may have about PoStep60 programmable stepper motor controller. What will we try to achieve? Programmable stepper motor controller PoStep60-256 using Modbus Our plan is to read few driver’s parameters and make some … Read more
We added a new feature to our popular universal motor driver PoStep60-256 – modbus stepper driver. A MODBUS communication over RS485 peripheral. In addition to the existing USB and I2C bus, now you can configure and monitor the driver also using a standard robust industrial Modbus communication protocol over RS485 bus. Now we can use … Read more
Razvoj integralnega sistema za spremljanje proizvodnje Cilj projekta je razvoj integralnega sistema za spremljanje proizvodnje, ki z rešitvami na osnovi naprednih senzorjev, blockchain tehnologije in analitike z uporabo metod umetne inteligence zbira, analizira in obdeluje industrijske podatke ter v realnem času povezuje tri glavne dejavnike vsake proizvodnje: človeka – stroj – orodje. Višina celotnih stroškov … Read more
One of our customers prepare a THC screen set Mach3 for PlasmaSens and allowed us to share it. You can download it now under the torch height control device downloads. Thanks, Neil. G.! Steps for setting it up: download and unzip PlasmaSens Mach3 screen set.zip and copy *.set files to Mach3 folder run Mach3 Loader … Read more
Recently, one of our customers, Tomaž P., sent us a description of his project “DIY orchidarium”. He uses our USB I/O controller PoKeys57U as an automation control device. We are glad to hear our devices are not installed only in CNC control and flight simulator world but also used in such “green” projects as a … Read more
Versatility of PoKeys device makes it well suited as a component of an environment monitoring system. PoKeys device functions as a data acquisition point, as many different sensors can be easily connected to it. Acquired data can we store directly with PoKeys software logger or send to local, for example Raspberry Pi temperature logger or … Read more
Late in December Xively IoT platform has announced retirement of its free service Xively Personal, support for which was already integrated into our Ethernet PoKeys devices. One of possible alternatives is ThingSpeak IoT platform. Free version offers up to 3 channels, each can contain 8 data fields. Number of messages is limited to 3 million … Read more