Glen Akins published a new build: After using the PIC16F1459 to build numerous USB HID input devices including a giant keyboard, a tiny keyboard, and a big red button, it was time to see if the PIC16F1459 could be used to control outputs too. Sticking with the industrial theme, I chose to build a USB […]
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USB to RS485 adapter
Brian Dorey made this DIY USB to RS485 adapter, that is available at Github: We looked for a full-duplex ready-made adapter but all the ones we found are only half duplex devices and as we needed to be able to supply 12 volts via the RJ45 connectors on the slave boards we decided to make our […]
Pick and Place USB control software
Brian Dorey posted an update on his DIY Pick and Place machine USB controller board, we wrote about it previously: After completing our DIY Pick and Place machine USB Controller Board we needed to rewrite the controller software to drive the pick and place machine. The new Pick and Place software is written in C# and we […]
DIY Pick and Place USB controller board
Brian Dorey build this DIY Pick and Place USB controller board: Every time the Mach3 software sent a command there would be a short delay of around 100-200 milliseconds and with each component placed using around seven commands it was adding a few seconds to the placement time for each part. On some of our boards which […]