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MPCNC ESP32 Controller Ideas
I have been thinking about designing a custom Grbl_ESP32 controller for the MPCNC (Mostly Printed CNC ) machine. The MPCNC is a simple and low cost CNC machine. The MPCNC is primarily used as a...
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MPCNC Grbl_ESP32 Controller
Thank you to all the people who gave me feedback. The design of the prototype is done and is on order. Here are the choices I made in the design ESP32 Controller The board will use the 2×19 pin style...
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#Inktober 2019 Project – Post 1
#Inktober is a hashtag I have seen popping up over the past few years. Inktober was apparently started in 2009 to encourage people to do an ink drawing everyday in October. The #plottertwitter...
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#Inktober 2019 Project – Post 2
Reverse Engineering the Atari 1020 The field service manual is quite helpful, but the pin numbers of the connectors are not labeled and there are no part number. Between the manual and some...
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Inktober Project 2019 – Post 3
Setbacks and Homing Issues Status Update Read Post #1 and Post #2 here I have a breadboard version of the controller running. So far, it can control the motion of the pen, feed roller and check the...
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#Inktober Project 2019 – Post 4
Electronics I intend to replace the stock controller board with an Grbl_ESP32 version. Here is an picture of the existing controller. Power Input The power input to my board will be 5VDC. I will not...
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#Inktober Project 2019 – Post 5
Atari! My Atari 1020 Pen Plotter retrofit project is done. My project for the month of October (#inktober) was to convert a 35 year old Atari 1020 to Grbl_ESP32 control. My goal was to not change,...
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Dynamixel Servos in Grbl_ESP32
Dynamixel Servos Dynamixel servos are a series of robot servos from Robotis. They are controlled using a daisy chained serial port with a 3 or 4 wire cable. Each servo has 2 connectors, so you can...
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Adding Step and Direction (CNC) Control to the Cheetah Motor
Robot Dog Motors The proliferation of dog like robots has spawned a new generation of servo motors. These motors combine Brushless DC motors from the RC/Drone world with encoders, motor controllers...
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A New, Fully Modular CNC Controller
Overview The blog post details a new CNC controller I designed. I have probably designed 40-50 different controllers over the years, but this one has me really excited. My past controllers were...
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