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Mach 4 and Smoothstepper
« on: April 01, 2022, 10:04:14 AM »
 I have  Mach 4  v 4612 - Gecko 540 - Endurance 10 w laser - ribbon cable from G540 to Smoothstepper Port 1 . I need to connect PWM laser wires to Port 2 connector from laser box and setup , any help would be appreciated.

     Thanks

       Ed
Re: Mach 4 and Smoothstepper
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2022, 06:04:12 PM »
Hi,
you can connect direct to the pins of port two of the ESS but it's not recommended. One slip-up when plugging into the very fine pins of the IDC header and you'll fry the ESS.

Get yourself a C10 breakout board, $23.00. It's a simple one port bi-directional breakout board which has buffering between the ESS and the inputs/outputs of the C10. Any slip-up
will not therefore fry the ESS.

Craig
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