LAOS Laser

h1. HPC LS3020 connections - July 2012

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h2. Wiring diagram

Here is a schematic diagram of how everything should be wired up (see message#26):

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h2. Laser ON cable

The laser-on cable, as it comes shipped with the laser cutter needs to have one wire switched over, from this:

!DSC_3499.jpg! ... to this: !DSC_3500.jpg!

It then plugs into the mainboard like this: !laser-on.png!

h2. Disabled laser PWM

To get started fast, just run the laser without PWM support - you can accomplish the same by manually turning the front-panel potmeter back to reduce the power.

With the July 12 power supply, you're done. To disable PWM on the older power supply, make sure the D+ and D- pins are jumpered on the power supply:

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h2. Enabled laser PWM

To use the power control from the LAOS board, you need to connect the laser PWM output to the ANALOG input of your power supply. You need to make a two wire cable with a 3 pin JST on one side, and a 4 pin JST on the other side.

* Use a 470 ohm pull-up resistor between +5V and analog in at the laser power supply side. 

* "C" connects to the analog in pin (and resistor)

* "E" connects to GND   

!pwm-connector.jpg!

h2. Y stepper cable

The Y stepper cable (with a 4-pin JST connector on the end) may be too short to reach the proper socket on the [[LAOS mainboard v0.3]] - this can be solved by manually splicing some extra wires, to extend it by about 15 cm:

|Color|Signal|Connect to|

|RED|XA+|J18.2 A|

|BLUE|XA-|J18.3 A|

|YELLOW|XB+|J18.4 B|

|WHITE|XB-|J18.5 B|

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h2. Flatcable for X stepper and endstops

|_.Pin|_.Signal|_.Connect to|

|PIN12|XA-|J24.1 A|

|PIN11|XA+|J24.2 A|

|PIN10|XB-|J34.3 B|

|PIN9|XB+|J34.4 B|

|PIN6|COMMON|J34.4 GND|

|PIN5|XHOME|J34.2 XHOME|

|PIN4|YHOME|J34.3 YHOME|

|PIN3|+5V|J34.1 Vsensor|

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h2. Stepper driver orientation

Be *very* careful how you place the stepper drivers on the mainboard. Mistakes can blow up both the stepper driver _and_ the mbed controller!

Here is the proper orientation for the purple "StepStick" drivers, with heatsinks mounted on top of the A3984 driver IC's:

!stepstick.png!