In this blog post we are presenting you the plasma floating head for more precise cutting and how it can benefit your CNC plasma cutter with torch heigh control. What is CNC Plasma floating head With plasma cutters, big sheets of metals are usually cut. These sheets usually don’t sit very flat on the plasma … Read more
This is general introduction to plasma cutter setup and equipment with explanation of most commonly used nomenclature in that field. We will present the electronics that we offer for THC – torch height control for plasma cutters. What equipment is needed for CNC plasma cutter setup? For plasma cutting setup, we need plasma source in … Read more
Do you want to better understand the stepper motors, stepper motor driver and how they work? What is the difference between RMS and PEAK current? We want to present to you the advantages of the new generation of stepper motor drivers and the superior performance that they offer. Introduction to stepper motors and drivers We … Read more
New to USB CNC Controllers, PoKeys57CNC and PoKeys electronics? Don’t worry, here you can find complete introduction to CNC hardware and some basic schematics of PoKeys USB CNC motion controller, Torch height controller, Plasma & laser CNC controller, adapters and other devices that are needed to make the CNC machine. Complete introduction to CNC hardware & … Read more
A blog article obout NEW PoLabs product – homing sensor – PoHome1IRNPN. Homing sensor is an high accuracy, repeatable and more reliable hardware. More about homing sensor is explained in this article. What is machine homing? Machine homing is a CNC machine (automated) protocol – process, that returns the CNC machine to the Home (known) … Read more
A blog article about a PCB testing equipment (Automated device for testing PCB – LINITESTER). From the idea to the useful custom made automated testing device. PoLabs team develop testing device for testing PCB in serial production. Device was build using a PoKeys57U device from CNC controllers device and stepper motor driver-complete explanation. Automated device … 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
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
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