Bit more progress, have the lower end of the board almost wired, the interface boards for the drives are fitted but I need to solder different plugs on the ends of the ones I bought from eBay. I have a relay board fitted, got that from a friend free of charge, thanks Russ
Also have the PLC in place and a DC-DC convertor. The convertor is to change the 24v down to 5v so that I can keep the logic in my servo drives alive even if I E-Stop the system which would cut the mains to the drives. The bigger drive has mains standby so the 5v is not needed for it.
Hope to get the computer tomorrow, was supposed to be here today but because a network card was out of stock they never sent it and also never bothered telling me. I phoned up to tell them to cancel and they offered me Saturday delivery FOC and also a higher priced network card for no extra
I normally use the via Pico mobos but with this one I am thinking I may need two network adapters and as I am not keen on the USB kind I needed a PCI slot, so I have opted for an ITX mobo.
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