USB isolator – Isolated USB port Are you asking yourself, why should I use a USB isolator? The answer is simple, to avoid trouble and save money. We all know that many devices these days can be plugged through a USB cable to a single computer. Therefore, computer and peripheral devices (USB devices etc.) share … Read more
We’re proud to introduce new USB oscilloscope PoScopeMega50 an affordable MSO (mixed signal oscilloscope). In short, it is six-in-one PC-based measurement instrument with USB connectivity. It covers 2 channel oscilloscope, 2 channel spectrum analyzer, 2 channel recorder, 16-channel logic analyzer with protocol decoding features. PoScopeMega50 PoScopeMega50 is low power consumption USB oscilloscope and it draws only 150mA therefor the best choice for … Read more
A slip ring test? What does this have to do with PoKeys? Well, we needed a cheap slip ring for one of our test projects and we got some from China. Slip rings are devices that transfer electrical signal from stator (non-rotating part of the device) to the rotor (rotating part of the device) using … Read more
PoKeys joystick issues with Windows 7 and Windows 10 resolved Many flight simulator builders are using our PoKeys as flight simulator USB interface between computer and ICP panels with buttons, potentiometers, encoders and other actuators. Lately, we’ve received some reports about problems with PoKeys joystick with Windows 7 and Windows 10 that calibration window is not … Read more
Mach4 tutorial – FRO setting from PoKeys analog input This Mach4 tutorial will help you configure Mach4 and PoKeys so you can set FRO from analog input pin. Click on PoKeys_analog_FRO(526b) to download a file which is needed for this tutorial. Move it to a location easy to find, preferably in the Mach4 folder. First … Read more
The latest release of PoScope4 offers many new functions and improvements Device displays Snap to grid The Snap to grid lets you automatically tile the displays in the working area in different configuration. First number is Row and second is Column. When Snap to grid checked all displays will be positioned in a grid of size … Read more
This short tutorial will show you how to configure the PoKeys57CNCdb25 with Mach3 as an USB motion controller. We’ll go through plugin installation, plugin configuration and device configuration. Installation PoKeys plugin is automatically installed by PoKeys setup to C:\Mach3 folder. It requires .NET 3.5 to be installed on the PC prior installation. Note: If the … Read more
Mach4 CNC tutorial introduction This series of tutorials will help you configure your CNC machine using Mach4 CNC controller software with PoKeys device. Always remember to update your software if newer version is available. Also with newer versions of the Mach4 CNC controller software and PoKeys plugin there is a possibility that some elements may … Read more
This tutorial will show how to trigger an action in Mach4 based on signal change. In Mach4, user customization options are available via simple LUA scripting language. We will map the signal to one of the PoKeys inputs and configure it to trigger the ‘Cycle start’ function. We assume you have configured the PoKeys device … Read more
PoScopeMega1+ as signal generator Remark: There are two versions of PoscopeMega1. The older one has no signal generator and only two BNC connectors. The new one named PoScopeMega1+ has third additional BNC connector dedicated to signal generator. This article describes newer version PoScopeMega1+ which is also available in our store here. Although PoScopeMega1+ is by … Read more