k40w laser changing to smoothie 5 (totaly lost)
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busnut2
Jan 14, 2016, 3:08:28 PM1/14/16
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Used the laser twice so far with fair results. Decided to upgrade and have a smoothie 5 board. Mechanically I can usually find my way. With electronics not so good. Have a problem with trying to wire the board. Main issue right now is Smoothie site says to connect to the PMW on the laser supply. I'm lost. Have no idea which one it is. The photo is of a board the same as mine (older) but looks the same. Only connection from the PSU is to supply power to the removed board. ll the wires from the PSU go to the control panel or the tube. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Pops
Arthur Wolf
Jan 14, 2016, 3:22:56 PM1/14/16
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This is not complete yet, but has some information on wiring : http://smoothieware.org/bluebox-guide
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:08 PM, 'busnut2' via Opensource Laser <opensour...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Used the laser twice so far with fair results. Decided to upgrade and have a smoothie 5 board. Mechanically I can usually find my way. With electronics not so good. Have a problem with trying to wire the board. Main issue right now is Smoothie site says to connect to the PMW on the laser supply. I'm lost. Have no idea which one it is. The photo is of a board the same as mine (older) but looks the same. Only connection from the PSU is to supply power to the removed board. ll the wires from the PSU go to the control panel or the tube. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Pops
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Arthur Wolf
Jan 14, 2016, 3:23:19 PM1/14/16
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Oh and also http://smoothieware.org/blue-box-guide
ajf
Jan 14, 2016, 4:09:35 PM1/14/16
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A picture of your PSU would be useful if you need more help than what's on the pages Arthur linked. The buildlogs are also a good place to look.
ajf
Jan 14, 2016, 5:29:30 PM1/14/16
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Okay, that looks like the same PSU as in Arthur's links. Think the wiring diagrams are pretty straight forward here. You are going to need a logic level shifter (also available on eBay) to convert from Smoothieboard's 3.3v logic to the 5v logic of the PSU. It's all documented in the linked guide. Though I do think they have the PWM line drawn wrong, it should be going to IN on the PSU.
Oh, and when you attach pictures it would be better if they were in .jpg or .png as those are viewable full-size inline, .bmp requires that they be downloaded.
Oh, and when you attach pictures it would be better if they were in .jpg or .png as those are viewable full-size inline, .bmp requires that they be downloaded.
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