TinyG enclosure with more room to breathe.
@John_Davis That looks GREAT. Just bought a TinyG for evaluation in a control package and was wondering how to enclose it. Do you have any schematics, diagrams, BOM or more pictures you might want to share. It will power a CNC/Laser Engraver on grbl. Also working on a CNC Router and would like to determine if the TinyG is powerful enough to control it in grbl.
@Edmund_Betlinski I’m using a Hammond 1550M enclosure, but it doesn’t even fit my version 6 board properly (I had to modify the enclosure in weird ways) and won’t fit a later board at all. They (Hammond) make a bunch of different “blank slate” (no holes) enclosures though, so something will fit for sure.
I’m using DIN 5 (stereo/180°) connectors because RadioShack’s Midi cables were the cheapest shielded cables I could find although the wire gage is probably a little small for the Nema 23 motors I’m running (I plan to keep the cables as short as can, but still, the wires must be 28 AWG).
The fan I’m using is a 12V 35 mm deal that is wired directly into the power inputs on the TinyG. It seems like it will suffice, but should probably be larger (it’s an extra fan I already had).
I wrote the gcode for the enclosure opening modifications by hand, so no CAD, schematics, STLs, etc. Sorry.
@John_Davis Thanks for the quick reply and the info. I have heard many things about the TinyG and figured that the only way to see how it performs is to try it. I have 3 different projects going and I will try 3 different types of controllers. I am planning to make 2 controllers “universal” so I can plug them into 2 different machines running grbl.
I also heard that with the latest version of TinyG you can run external motor drivers with higher amp ratings so you won’t be limited by the amp rating of the on-board drivers.