I am designing my own router on/off control to be activated from pin 15 of the breakout box. Can anyone comment on the voltage/current sink/source capabilities of the controller through this pin? Thanks!

This might help~ [image] IOT Relay questions Hi all, I have an IOT Relay and have the router connected to it. Haven’t run it through an actual job yet but I have been successful in turning the router on and off using the MDI commands. Are there any issues in connecting…

Ron, thanks for the reply! I’ve got the parts to build a switch in my junk box, and free beats $30.00, especially after giving my bank account a hernia buying my machine. I just need to know what the Raspberry Pi switching parameters are so that I don’t strain the little darling. It would be nice if…

FYI - A Raspberry PI’s I/O and everything on the Buildbotics I/O is 3.3v and cannot tolerate 5v. Buildbotics Controller Manual (v1.0) Detailed instructions on how to setup and use the Buildbotics CNC controller.

15ma source max. Recommend a level shifter or an optoisolator to protect the RPI.

Hi all, My 2 cents. We have had our machine now for a few months and I have the controller connected to the Always On plug on the IOT relay and we have not had any problems with it so far. The longest carve we did so far was about 2 hours but I don’t think running longer jobs would have any advers…

Hello, is your Makita router 110v or220v, if 220V, how did you connect to break-out board ?

Hey all, hey Michael @SailorMike , hey Tom @cyberreefguru , hey Julian @OneCNC sorry for replying in an old thread, but there is a new user here that spreads the same question all over the older postings instead of clicking on the links in posts I provide him. The pins of the 25-pin I/O port come d…

Hey Julian, [image] OneCNC: Hello, is your Makita router 110v or220v, if 220V, how did you connect to break-out board ? [image] exineport: Buildbotics Controller Manual (v1.0) With this link, Jon Gordon @exineport already answered to your question above. If you don’t click on the link…

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