I was able to fire up the HB2 CNC router under its own power today. All I had to do was the tedious task of making up the motor cables. When that was done (actually when the first one was done) I was able to turn on the new power supply and get the steppers to run, just one at first. You have to be a scratch builder to appreciate that very first “come alive”...
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PS2 Power Supply is HOT
I was able to fire up the HB2 (dubbed the PS2 in title) power supply and get a DC voltage reading. For the pictures visit http://thmsblog.tedatum.com/?p=776 . Electronically this power supply / CNC controller is almost exactly the same as the firsts one I built. The HobbyCNC controller is a newer version but all the rest is the same. This one sports a new and smaller cabinet to house all the circuitry and I am using...
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I have a short post over in the THMS Blog about the power supply for the HB2. The component count is low but there are a lot of wires to solder!
Continue reading...I Told You 64 Times
It is about time I give up on this 64 bit computer thread. Don’t you think? Yep, the thread is wearing a bit thin. I have been running my personal PC here at home with Vista Ultimate 64 bit consistently for over a month. Probably 90% of third party software on it is written for 32 bit OS. The software does not appear to the user (me) to run any different in either OS. Someone...
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