Have you ever considered switching your CNC from LPT to USB? Let us point out 5 reasons to do so and use a USB CNC controller instead of an ancient LPT port. 1. LPT ports are disappearing Computer industry these days has no more interest in maintaining LPT port functionality. This is a legacy port … Read more
PoKeys57CNC is the next generation of PoKeys devices that was designed specifically for CNC applications. Used together with the PoKeys plugin for Mach4, it becomes a great choice for the Mach 4 motion controller. It is a blend between general purpose PoKeys device and a USB/Ethernet CNC controller. The device is targeted primarily for controlling … Read more
We try to keep up in touch with the modern production methods and visiting Productronica 2015 in Munich has become our tradition. It’s one of the many fairs we really like to visit especially because it’s located in Munich – Charming capital of Bavaria. There are many things to see or do in Munich beside … Read more
This post is a first PoKeys tutorial in the series of the tutorials for PoKeys57CNC devices. This one will cover the basics on connecting your PoKeys device with the computer and configuring the network connection if it is used. PoKeys57CNC is a blend between general purpose PoKeys device and a USB CNC controller. The device … Read more
Introduction to Mach3 tutorial This is the first Mach3 tutorial in a series of tutorials which will help you to know PoKeys devices and how to use them with Mach 3 software for controlling your CNC machine. The tutorials will begin with simple configurations which will describe how to setup Mach3 and PoKeys plugin properly … Read more
USB oscilloscopes in general offers really low power consumption. Low power consumption is important factor when buying an oscilloscope for two main reasons. One is definitely saving the energy and the second reason is highly connected with the first one and it’s autonomy of measurement system. Measurement system usually represent a personal computer and USB … Read more
PC oscilloscope software represents a mandatory part in USB oscilloscope measurement package. Without it we cannot process and analyze data acquired by USB oscilloscope. In previous post we explained how we can use USB oscilloscope to acquire date, let’s do similar now for PC oscilloscope software. . . Figure 1 shows complete measurement package which … Read more
PoKeys I/O devices family There are multiple variations of PoKeys I/O and DAQ devices (digital acquisition devices) available. The PoKeys57 family consists of PoKeys57U, PoKeys57E and PoKeys57CNC, which is our latest addition to the PoKeys device family. PoKeys devices in general PoKeys devices are highly-customizable general purpose I/O devices that extend the I/O capabilities of … Read more
PoKeys library PoKeysLib is a free (open-source) cross-platform library for PoKeys devices that allows the communication with PoKeys devices on various operating systems (including Windows, Linux, UNIX etc.). It even allows the use of PoKeys devices on embedded systems (Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone etc.). The library is available at PoKeysLib repository at Bitbucket PoKeys library PoKeysLib … Read more
Preview in new tab(opens in a new tab) USB Oscilloscope is digital oscilloscope connected to computer via USB cable. Although this definition is pretty straight forward it has some background. Let’s start at the beginning. . Oscilloscope is a type of electronic test instrument that allows observation of constantly varying signal voltage and representing it … Read more