Guess I will start off by soldering some headers tonight and crimping connectors on

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Guess I will start off by soldering some headers tonight and crimping connectors on wires

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Soldered headers to bi-directional level shifter (red chip to the right of the smoothie) and a header in pin location 2.4 and a ground pin… I think I’m ready to start crimping some connectors unless someone can tell me if I forgot to solder some headers

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+Peter van der Walt​

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Wow, I’m definitely going to need help with all this sort of stuff. I’m still waiting on the level shifter but I’ve been looking at the stuff I’ve got so far & have no idea what to do haha.

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@Arthur_Wolf ​ any other insights to the above? Trying to make this the #YearOfTheSmoothieLaser just want to make sure I’m not forgetting something… I have a dedicated 5v/12v industrial power supply to control the logic end of the smoothie

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If helpful, I have decided on the following PRELIMINARY K40S power design:

The link in this post to the schematic is constantly updated as I progress through the interconnect design.

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@Alex_Krause What above ? I’m not sure what the question is. I’m ready to help with anything, but I’m not sure what you are looking for.

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@Arthur_Wolf ​ in the blue box guide ( http://smoothieware.org/laser-cutter-guide ) it lists pin 2.0-2.5 as Pwm pins… but it has been suggested to me that I use pin 2.6. I will be using m1 and m2 for now and m3 in the future for bed adjustment. Is there any other outputs or inputs I need to solder headers to before I start attaching things to the smoothie?

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@Alex_Krause It’s likely you don’t need more you should just go ahead as it is now I think. This page tells you what each pin does, for reference : http://smoothieware.org/pinout