PoLabs proudly announces “We have I2C extender available!” Since we receive a large number of our customers’ requests for a long distance I2C communication, we have decided to satisfy wishes of our loyal and valued customers. Therefore we made a new general purpose product I2C extender. Super usable I2C extender fixes issues with I2C communication over … Read more
Although PoKeys57CNC devices are sold as ‘naked’ boards, the board itself can be used to make a case. How? Simply, employ the device as the USB or Ethernet motion controller for the CNC device and machine one out of a solid block of metal or plastic. Our user Roman Batz carefully designed the case and … 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
8 channel relay module board PoRelay8 allows expanding the number of outputs of the PoKeys device by using the PoExtBus. It features 8 relay outputs. Up to 10 boards can be daisy-chained over the CAN bus for up to 80 additional outputs. CAN (Controller Area Network) bus is a robust bus standard initially designed for … Read more
Fix We fixed which was causing software crashes when selecting and opening file in Recorder. Please check our CNC electronics: Stepper motor driver Stepper motor driver-complete explanation USB CNC CONTROLLER-PoKeys57CNC Homing sensor-PoHome1IRNPN Bipolar stepper motor driver – PoStep25-256 PCB tester – PoStep25-256 4th axis for CNC Introduction to CNC hardware – electronics plasma cutting equipment … Read more
The latest release introduces new features and improvements Low pass filter on analog channels We’re introducing low pass filters to smooth out signals on analog inputs. This is very useful feature to get rid of noise and improve trigger stability. Filter on analog channel Improvements Improvements of trigger Improved stability Please check some our CNC electronics: Stepper motor … Read more
PoLabs was sponsoring the Lego Master 2017 competition on Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana Quoted from source: http://lego-masters.si/ The fifth contest Lego Masters is behind us. The organizers would like to thank all the participants that they devoted the last few months to preparations for the competition, which they also attended. Special thanks also … Read more
This blog article is mostly to explain the confusing PoKeys57CNC pinout, as some users reported it. There is a myriad of connectors and signals, some are labelled as ‘PoKeys pins’, others are not, some have special function (e.g. limit switch inputs), some are general purpose… Short history of PoKeys devices Let’s start with some history … Read more