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There is also a terminal block for connecting limit switches and trigger signals. Arduino shield consists of headers for Arduino and connectors for CNC USB Controller Mk3/4 from Planet CNC and PoStep25-32 driver. Toslink transciever PCB is identical to one used for receiver. Transmitter consists of two PCBs, an Arduino sield and a Toslink transciever. Receivers can also be connected in daisy chain. We used Xilinx XC9572XL CPLD to implement the necessary logic for protocol conversion. Toslink transmitter DLT1111 and Toslink receiver DLR1111 were used, which enable data transfer speed up to 16 Mbps. Limit switch is insulated through an optocoupler and trigger output is open drain type. PCB consists of one CPLD, two optical transmitters, one optical receiver, one DIP switch for selecting the axis and one limit switch / trigger connector.
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To enable this the +5V supply from motor driver should be connected to unused 9th pin on the driver's IDC connector usign a piece of insulated wire. PCB is being powered through motor driver connector using +5V. Receiver is being used with PoLabs' PoStep25-32 stepper motor driver. Receiver PCB, together with motor driver, can be mounted on the motor. The following configuration is used in the system.įor each motor on the CNC machine there is one PCB, containing Toslink receiver. ToslinkCNC has been developed for use with GoodenoughCNC Plasma cutter as our answer to continuous problems with electrical noise and interference.
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Our design is based on Serializer / Deserializer for Audio Fiber Optic project published on Open Cores.
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Moreover, because of the inherent design of optical transmitters and receivers, serial data must also be Manchester encoded. For successful transfer via optical fiber the first thing that must be done is to convert parallel data to serial bit stream. Because of this we decided to design an interface to transport these parallel signals via an optical link. Parallel bus on longer distances and in noisy environment can be susceptible to electromagnetic interferences. In addition to these six signals, there can also be other general purpose control signals. At each positive edge of the STEP signal, the corresponding stepper motor moves into direction set by DIR signal. For each of the three axes there are two signals: STEP and DIR.
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CNC machine is usually controlled via parallel bus, containing six signals.